Here are updated stats for the top 10 Facebook fan pages as of February 2, 2014.
Here are updated stats for the top 10 Twitter accounts by most followers as of February 2, 2014.
Here are updated stats for the top 10 YouTube videos by most views as of February 2, 2014. Charlie was number 1 for many years and slipped to 6th last fall, but has climbed up to 5th. It is the oldest video in this list and the only non-music viral video. Also included are the upload dates to YouTube for each of these videos.
There were over 24.9 Million tweets sent about the Super Bowl 2014 as compared to 24.1 Million in 2013. Even more fascinating is the peak rate of tweets per minute (TPM) was 381,605 in the third quarter.
Like a whistle or a ring, Twitter is the new telephone.
Gone are the days of the landline, dialing your day away to convey your engagement news to your aunt Mary in California. Remember the days when you used to be able to talk to a bunch of people about everything and anything on a party line?
So what do we do today?
Here is something to think about:
2006
- No iPhone (it was first unveiled by Jobs Jan9/07)
- YouTube wasn’t going to last, being sued by many companies for copyright infringements (1st video uploaded Apr23/05)
- Facebook was only for college students
- Twitter launched July 2006
- Flat screen TVs cost $3,000+