Social media nerds and marketers! Some fun superbowl twitter statistics only someone like you would enjoy.
There were 20.9 million superbowl related tweets on superbowl sunday and a whopping 6.1 million of those tweets were about the ads rather than the game. GoDaddy’s ad led the way with 290,000 tweets, nearly 6x more than audi, but also had the distinction of having only 14% of those tweets being positive. Tide had the best responses with 86% positive sentiment. Godaddy was at 14%.
Would you consider godaddy’s ad “successful” considering the most of the high buzz was negative? Or is any press good press as the old adage would say?
Taco Bell’s “Viva Young” ad scored the highest in terms of positive sentiment tweets and increasing followers.
Check out the Superbowl Social Statistics infographic below and let us know which ad you expected to generate the most buzz!
How do attract a steady stream of new users on my site?
How do I go about creating the kind of content that will attract users?
How do I use podcasts and videos to attract users?
Whether you are a big business owner, a start-up or an owner of blog you are trying to get off the ground, consider Content Marketing. As a personal owner of the site Clean Cut Media and a lover small business marketing tactics, I wanted to share a bit about Content Marketing.
This article below will help explain what content marketing is and how it could be a great strategy to grow your user base. It will also give a little preview of a new content marketing summit that is conveniently all-online and very cheap to attend. Let’s dig in.
Good Content will attract the users you want:
Today, businesses of all sizes are using content marketing to slay the competition, attract large followings of loyal customers and explode their business’ growth.
But when tiny Magnolia Hi-Fi started using content, the Internet wasn’t even around. Did that stop them? Heck no!
Magnolia used content marketing to grow from a small audio store to an $87 million brand.
Back then, they had just transitioned from a neighborhood greeting card and photography store to an audio specialty store. Competition was fierce and they didn’t even have a marketing plan. So they hired a salesman (who knew a lot about educating prospects with great information) to develop a solid profitable marketing plan.
The plan was to give prospective buyers something to focus on other than price – content.
They created a series of stereo buyer’s guides, which offered educational content that answered prospects’ questions about buying audio equipment. These were distributed as newspaper inserts (remember there was no Internet at the time!).
But the guides were quarterly and Magnolia needed to nurture their audience by keeping the story alive throughout the year. So they invested in weekly distribution channels and different content formats. As resources grew, they scaled content velocity to achieve broader distribution and broadcast frequency.
Within 18 months, the small, out-of-the-way store was joined by a huge store in Seattle’s high-traffic University District, followed by two more stores and finally expanding to Washington, Oregon and California.
In 2000, the father-son business sold to Best Buy for $87 million! Today, there are over 350 Magnolia Home Theater Locations in Best Buy stores throughout the U.S.
Here’s a question for you. You have all the advantages of the Internet, right? What’s stopping you from growing your business?
Content marketing is simply creating and sharing information that solves buyers’ problems or makes their lives easier. The result is that you build a platform that draws in ideal customers, increases your exposure and achieves sales growth for your business.
Content Marketing Statistics
Want to know how successful B2B marketers are using content marketing?
91% of B2B marketers are now using content marketing
79% use content marketing for brand awareness, 74% for customer acquisition and 71% for lead generation
On average, B2B marketers are spending 33% of their marketing budgets on content marketing, which is up from 26% last year
54% plan to increase their content marketing spending in 2013
Large companies use an average of 18 content marketing tactics while small companies use an average of 11 tactics
These numbers demonstrate the huge investment marketers are making in content marketing.
Don’t you think you should invest a little to learn more about content marketing this coming year?
Are you interested in learning how to create awesome blogs, podcasts, video, webinars and other forms of content to keep customers focused on your brand?
Social Media Examiner’s Content Success Summit 2013
One of the biggest challenges marketers face is not knowing if their tactics are effective (according to Content Marketing Institute).
In response to this challenge, Social Media Examiner is bringing together 22 of the world’s leading content marketing experts to present at the first-annual online Content Success Summit 2013.
It’s an online conference spread over an entire month to meet your busy schedule.
This conference is designed to help you build your own platform, marketyour products and grow your business.
“Content is what makes social work, and it is at the core of all that we do here at Social Media Examiner,” says Michael Stelzner, CEO and founder of Social Media Examiner. “We have one of the largest business blogs in the world and a successful podcast. This summit is about teaching people how to do exactly what Social Media Examiner has always been doing.”
Why a Content Marketing Summit Conference?
Content Success Summit is the first virtual conference created to help marketers figure out exactly how to build their platform. By attending this conference you will:
See how successful content producers operate and how you can achieve similar results
Learn how to grow a loyal following via blogging, video, podcasting, email marketing and webinars
Discover how to sell your products and services using content
Gain a leg up on your competitors, helping you stand out
Pick up new content marketing strategies that will bring you more exposure
Designed to accommodate your schedule, the conference will be conveniently spread over a four-week period starting February 5, 2013.
You will receive recordings and transcripts of all live sessions. And because it is fully online, you can attend right from your home or office, thus eliminating long-distance travel expenses and hotel bills.
Content Marketing Presenters
I know, I know. Most of you are thinking, who in the world are these people! HA! They are awesome marketing professionals. Just trust me.
Our first Content Success Summit features the most experienced leaders in the industry. Many of them have written a book about content marketing or are founders of successful businesses fueled by content. Among them are:
Joe Pulizzi – founder of Content Marketing Institute and co-author of Get Content Get Customers
Ann Handley – chief content officer of MarketingProfs and co-author of Content Rules
Michael Hyatt – chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers and author of Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World
Michael Stelzner – founder of Social Media Examiner and author of Launch
Amy Porterfield – co-author ofFacebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies
David Siteman Garland – founder of Rise to the Top and author of Smarter, Faster, Cheaper
Gini Dietrich – co-author of Marketing in the Round
Heidi Cohen – president of Riverside Marketing Strategies
Pat Flynn – founder of Smart Passive Income
Marcus Sheridan – founder of the popular blog, The Sales Lion
Mark Schaefer – author of Return on Influence
And many others!
Is This Content Conference Right for You?
Perhaps you’ve been focusing a lot on social media, but not much on content marketing. You’re wondering if you could learn something new that might be a game-changer for your business. Ask yourself the following:
Do I have a content marketing plan for 2013?
Are there some content tactics that I’m not aware of that could be useful for my business?
Could I use some advice to build my platform, market my products and grow my business using content?
If you answered ‘Yes’ to any of these questions, then sign up and learn from the leading content marketing authorities in the industry.
Content Marketing Seminars & Workshops Samples:
How to Create Social Videos that drive Traffic & Leads
5 Tips for Creating Epic Content that Breaks through the Noise
Turning your Passions into Profits: How to Create Quality Courses that Sell
How to Grow a Loyal Audience of Listeners
How to Create Compelling Content with Expert Interviews
How to Start and Grow a Successful Podcast Show
13 Insider Tips to Get Your Blog on Track to Succeed
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Over to You. Are you interested in learning how to create a content platform that will successfully grow your business? Please share your thoughts and comments in the box below.
UPDATE: HA! forgot to mention. Use this CONTENT MARKETING SUMMIT LINK and get $300 off. $297 for the entire summit! All that raving and no link!
Over 1 billion users on Facebook – making it the 3rd largest in the world. China, India, Facebook than the US.
Over 50% of the world’s population is under 30-years-old
Each day 20% of Google searches have never been searched before
In 10 years over 40% of the Fortune 500 will no longer be here
Social Media is the #1 activity on the Web, though still not allowed in China.
1 in 5 couples meet online; 3 in 5 gay couples meet online
1 in 5 divorces are blamed on Facebook
Ford Explorer launch on Facebook generated more traffic than a Super Bowl Ad
Generation Y & Z consider email passe: Some universities have stopped distributing email accounts due to use of social media
Kindergarden is learning on iPads
69 percent of parents said they are currently “friends” with their children on a social media site
92% of children under the age of 2 have a Digital Shadow (online presence/video/profile)
Every second 2 new members join Linkedin
That’s is like the entire enrollment number of the Ivy League School joining every day.
Social Gamers will purchase 6 billion in virtual goods by 2013. Compare to movie goers who only by 2.5 billion in real goods
YouTube is the 2nd largest search engine in the world (After Google)
Every minute 72 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube
If Wikipedia were made into a book it would be 2.25 million pages long
97% of Pinterest Facebook Fans are Women
53% of people on Twitter recommend products in their Tweets
90% of people trust online recommendations from people they know
Only 14% trust traditional TV advertisements
New Yorkers received tweets about an east coast earthquake 30 seconds before they felt it
93% of marketers use social media for business
Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of Germany, Turkey, South Africa, Canada, Argentina, United Kingdom, Egypt
“We don’t have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is how well we DO it.” – Erik Qualman
“We will non longer search for products and services, they will find us via social media.” – Erik Qualman
“Social Media isn’t a fad, it’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate.” – Erik Qualman
“The ROI of social media is that your business will still exist in 5 years.” – Erik Qualman
Facebook is considering allowing children under the age of 13 to have accounts on Facebook.
The question would had to have come sooner or later as means for continual Facebook growth. Previously anyone under the age of 13 were not allowed to have accounts, though a Consumer Report study estimated that out of 20 million minors on Facebook, 7.5 million of these children were younger than 13. Among these users, 5 million were 10 years or younger and were not being supervised by their parents. Age restrictions have always been difficult on the internet.
This is not a simple matter of whether to let kids have access or not. Keep in mind, part of the reasoning in keeping young children on Facebook is the incredible dangers that it poses.
There are the obvious factors most people would know, such as the presence of sexual predators, and creepy people talking to kids. Also one million kids were harassed, threatened, or cyberbullied on the past in the last year (Consumer Reports). There has been numerous studies on how the internet and social media cause anti-social behaviors in hyper-connected children. We here atClean Cut Media even posted an infographic about how the internet is ruining your brain! But even more than these obvious issues, there are many other dangers not as well known. For example:
Dangers of Children on Facebook You May Not Know
Photo Accessibility: Photos posted on Facebook or the internet in general can easily spread very quickly. As they say once it’s on the internet, it’s there forever, even if you delete them. Even if you were careful, it can easily be grabbed by someone and posted elsewhere. There are many instances were lives were ruined because of some poor Facebook photo going viral. This is not only for photos you upload, but photos your friends may upload or you upload of your friends. Many lives are ruined because of one photo uploaded by someone who didn’t think through the consequences.
Abuse of Knowledge: Another example many do not consider is how sites like Facebook are used for theft and burglary. Did you just say you and your family are going on a awesome 3 month vacation to Europe? You just announced your home will be vacant for 3 months. It’s scary to think about, but consider how else more dangerous people can utilize such information.
Inappropriate Content: How about dangerous and inappropriate links shared by friends, strangers, malware or clicked on by accident as they surfed the web?
Is your daughter posting pictures of themselves all over the net? Who can access those? Download those?
Any Other way of Handling Pre-Teens on Facebook?
Some may argue that the children are already on it anyway and more should be done to help allow parents to monitor. Is that Facebook’s responsibility to provide the tools to do so or does it mostly lie on the parent? How about the idea that Facebook create a separate sub-site for those under 13 with strict monitoring tools and filters as well as an easy way to transition the account to the main facebook platform? Food for thought. Share your ideas!
Should Children be Allowed to Use Facebook?
So Question:
Do you support Facebook opening up to pre-teen accounts?
What is the best way for parents to help monitor or prevent children from making terrible mistakes?
At what age do you think, children have the capacity to think intelligently about these things?
I know that many of the readers here on Clean Cut Media have strong interest in Social Media. Whether you are marketing professionals, business owners, or perhaps just curious on how Social Media is being used to reach various audiences, I would recommend you check out this Social Media Summit 2012.
Why this Social Media Conference?
No travel – All Online Webinars. Saves a lot of money!
Session Recordings – Miss a seminar? You can watch the recording. Or just watch at your convenience.
Ask Questions – It’s a great place to ask all the social media questions you’ve always had but never could get good answers for. The speakers here are all veterans of social media marketing, people who’ve found a lot of success. They can speak through experience.
Network & Private Forum – There is a private Linkedin group you can join where you can network with others in a similar boat as you and other professionals in the space. It’s also one of the best Q&A spaces. Everyone asks each other questions and opinions on social media and get immediate answers from real people in similar situations. It’s great. It’s a great resource.
Cheap & Money Back Guarantee – Conferences are usually $2,500-$3,500. It’s a hefty price to pay to learn. This conference is only $297 if you sign up before April 19th(Extended to April 20th!) (50% off!). If I do the math… give me a second… that means if you sign up after that date, it’ll be $594! Still cheap, but not as cheap if you sign up NOW! Nothing to lose as you can just email them within the first 2 days if you rather get a refund. Full refund with no hassle. Nice.
Need Another Good Reason to Attend Social Media Success Summit?
I personally attended the last two Facebook Success Summits. What I like about this conference (other than that super cheap price) is that the examples are more concrete, more catered to smaller businesses. Also you get great access to the speakers both during the webinar and the ample opportunity to connect with them through twitter afterwards. Also the Q&A section in the linkedin section is super helpful!
Sample Social Media Summit Webinar Topics
Google+ For Business: How Google’s Social Network Changes Everything
How to Grow Your Brand and Following with Facebook
YouTube Marketing 2012: No Camera, Content or Audience? No Problem!
Twitter Power Strategies: Essential Insights for Business Success
How to Put Google+ to Work for Your Content and Your Business
3 Simple Steps to Generating Massive Traffic with YouTube
8 Steps to Managing a Social Media Crisis
How Social Customer Service is Attracting New Customers and Increasing Sales
How Big Brands are Using Blogs
The Social Sale: How to Turn Fans and Followers into Customers
No Fluff Social Media Measurement
The Art of Story: How to Succeed with Blogging
Pinterest: How Your Business Can Use Images to Drive Traffic
This has to be the ugliest, most mind draining infographic ever made. However, the statistics are interesting a relevant so put on your thinking caps, take off your creative sensibilities and check out the statistics below! Highlights written out for the faint of heart.
Statistics: How the Internet is Ruining Your Brain
Internet Usage Statistics
35 Billion: Collective hours we spend on the internet per month
3x: We consume 3x more information than the 60s’ (not that I would know)
61%: Admit to being addicted to the Internet (that means either you or I are addicted. It’s you… i think)
Multitasking the Internet
Frequency: We Change Windows/Check Email/Programs more than once every 2 minutes
Avg Tabs Open: See chart below. It’s a lot. How many do you have open right now!
Google is Great, but makes you Dumb
7.2 Billion: # of times we collectively visit Google per day
3 Billion: # of queries we collectively make per day
Social Networking – Growing # of “Friends”
8 Hours: # of hours a month we spend on Facebook
245: Avg # of Friends
73.2%: Percentage of those friends we really know
4%: Percentage that we would actually hang out with
Internet Causing Happiness or Depression?
Heavy internet users are 2.5x more likely to be depressed (chicken & egg?)
Share Your Thoughts
Use your brain a bit.
Seriously Google makes it so easy to look up information as it is needed. How did we live without Google back in the day? Hmm… can’t remember. I better Google it…
How many tabs do YOU have open?
Do you agree the Internet is causing some bad mojo?
Does your head hurt from trying to read this infographic?
Teens ages 13 to 17 use on average 320MB of data per month?
Adults ages 25-34 use on average 578MB of data per month?
A study by Nielson analyzed mobile data from 65,000 U.S. subscribers. Smartphone users using mobile internet has increased 45% this year. Take a look around. Before the iPhone revolution, who among the people you know had smartphones? Very few people I imagine.
Teens & Texting: Where are Thou Social Skills?
We’ve had many article here following the incredible growth of text usage among teenagers. During Q3 of 2011, female teens had reached 3,952 texts per month. Male teens were at a “paltry” 2,815 per month. It wasn’t long ago that I was fine with a 200 txt msg plan! Not anymore.
Some people argue that social networks and easy communication access is lowering children’s ability to socially connect with others. Well this latest crop of statistics show that voice minute usage is dropping among teens. it dropped 17% year over year as they opt to text as it is faster and easier. An older poll from 2011 of 500 social networking Americans between ages 13 to 21, showed that 71% of the respondents preferred texting to phone calling. Ok, confession time. I would fall in that category as well. It is indeed easier and quicker, but do you think it has an adverse affect? Will it hurt social abilities and limit experiences for children and teens who grow up texting, talking online, messaging on Facebook, and IMing on gchat. I would argue, yes it would have an effect, though it may not be obvious or all that dramatic at first. I’ve worked with enough college students and youths to know, it could potentially become a problem.
What do you think?
Mobile Texting Statistics for Teens
45% of teens send at least 30 texts a day
54% of teens say they are just “chatting”
14% text in class
17% text while riding in a car
10% text during a movie
Teens Ages 13-17 average 3417 text messages per month
So people have been asking. This Pinterest thing seems to be the newest fad and Pinterest growing pretty fast. How can I get an invite so I can try it out or at least figure out if it is something worthwhile?
Pinterest is a “virtual pinboard” used to share images from around the web. Many businesses are now using it as a way of attracting visitors to their sites. Pinterest is already growing to be a big traffic driver for a lot of retailers as people “pin” up products they like or things they find artsy or beautiful.
Ok enough talk, so how can I get an invite!
Two Ways to get an Pinterest Invite
1. Ask around for an Invite!
It’s cool. It’s not like begging for an invite to a party you aren’t invited to. You’ll be surprised how many of your friends are already on Pinterest and pinning away. Just ask people on Facebook, Twitter and see if one of your friends already have an account. Then when they offer, first accept the invite, open your account then say “Why didn’t you invite me earlier! You hid this from me! You are not my friend!” JK.
2. Ask Clean Cut Media for an invite!
We are happy to give away a few invites, but we’d like to give it to our most engaged readers so here is what you can do to secure an invite from us. It’s easy. See below!
Securing an Invite from Clean Cut Media
Please do both #1 & #2 and the Invite will come your way quicker than you can say Pinterest!
1) Leave a comment below telling us how you plan to use the account! (valid email so we can invite!)
2) Follow Us on Facebook & Twitter – and send us a note via one of these accounts asking for the Pinterest invite!
Pinterest is a clever social media bookmarketing site where users can “pin up” pictures and snippets of interest from all around the web. Users create pin boards in different categories and share with all their friends who then can repin your pin ups to further spread the fun. Pin board categories can be anything from Humor, Weddings, Photography, Art, Gadgets or anything else the user desires.
Pinterest is Rising in the Social Media Ranks
Pinterest has been growing rapidly, increasing 400% just in the last quarter. In December Pinterest had 7.51 million unique visitors. Many retailers are also showing Pinterest as a top 5 referrer.
Pinterest on Clean Cut Media
Clean Cut Media has also felt it’s impact as we have been seeing a stream of visitors from many of our Chalk Art pictures being pinned up on various pin boards. Pinterest has lodged itself as a top 5 referrer here as well!
Clean Cut Media also has a pinterest where we will do our best to post some of the great examples of clean creativity and art across the web.
Pinterest Infographic
Have you tried Pinterest? How do you like it?
Do you feel Pinterest is a fad, or an idea that will continue to grow?
How do I get a Pinterest Invite?
Dying to try it out but don’t know how to get an Pinterest invite?
We are happy to give our readers an invite, but since it’s limited, we want to give to our best readers.
Do you know who has access to your Facebook? Your Twitter? To your Google Account?
What Apps, Programs, Websites have you given access to over time that you have forgotten about?
You may be surprised how many apps have access to your account!
With the new year, take a few minutes to see who has access, and clean it up! A new site called “mypermissions.org” provides links to the various settings pages. It’s quite simple. No login needed. Just click on the link to go to your settings and see who is linked to your account.
If you are so lazy or so fearful of clicking over to another site… I have provided the direct links to your setting pages below. Just click on the links below, log into your account (unless you are already logged in) and you should be at your settings/access page. Just click off the ones you don’t want accessing your data! A fresh new start for 2012.
Facebook released the top 40 Most Share Stories on Facebook of 2011. It’s a list dominated by Yahoo and CNN stories ranging from light-hearted articles of babies and dogs to more serious topics such as the Japanese Quake and Steve Jobs.
Here at Clean Cut Media, we’ve posted on a number of articles on these very popular topics from Steve Jobs, the Japanese Quake, to the Golden-Voiced Homeless Man. Finish this article then check them out later!
Top 3 Media & Parenting Related Articles Shared on Facebook
Since we are a media site, we wanted to list below a few notable and well written articles related to MEDIA as well as Parenting. We’ve provided an excerpt so you can get a feel for the article before clicking through. The titles of the Articles are links.
Enjoy! Please leave comments below on your thoughts on the article!
This is a very enjoyable article discussing how even the smallest compliments can really mess up a girl’s perception of what is important especially when it comes to her looks. Considering we’ve written many articles here about a Girl’s Self Image, Young Girl’s Perception of Beauty, among many other similar topics, this article seemed pretty relevant to our readers. I think you’ll find yourself saying “that makes a lot of sense…” Please do comment your thoughts on the comment section below on this post.
Little Maya was all curly brown hair, doe-like dark eyes, and adorable in her shiny pink nightgown. I wanted to squeal, “Maya, you’re so cute! Look at you! Turn around and model that pretty ruffled gown, you gorgeous thing!” But I didn’t. I squelched myself. As I always bite my tongue when I meet little girls, restraining myself from my first impulse, which is to tell them how darn cute/ pretty/ beautiful/ well-dressed/ well-manicured/ well-coiffed they are. What’s wrong with that? … …This week ABC News reported that nearly half of all three- to six-year-old girls worry about being fat. …15 to 18 percent of girls under 12 now wear mascara, eyeliner and lipstick regularly; …eating disorders are up and self-esteem is down; …25 percent of young American women would rather win America’s Next Top Model than the Nobel Peace Prize. …Even bright, successful college women say they’d rather be hot than smart.
…Teaching girls that their appearance is the first thing you notice tells them that looks are more important than anything.
This piece is more of a rant towards parents than anything. However, the rant is still valid in pointing out that parents really need to take more responsibility about how their kids dress and understand how they are really messing up their child’s perception of themselves by dressing them up inappropriate ways. Check it out, then if you feel like ranting about it , leave some comments below on this post ok!
I guess I’ve been out-of-the-loop and didn’t realize there’s been an ongoing stampede of 10-year-old girls driving to the mall with their tiny fists full of cash demanding sexier apparel.
What’s that you say? Ten-year-olds can’t drive? They don’t have money, either? Well, how else are they getting ahold of these push-up bras and whore-friendly panties? Their parents?
Noooo, couldn’t be.
What adult who wants a daughter to grow up with high self-esteem would even consider purchasing such items? What parent is looking at their sweet, little girl thinking, “She would be perfect if she just had a little bit more up top.” …
… It’s easy to blast companies for introducing the sexy wear, but our ire really should be directed at the parents who think low rise jeans for a second grader is cute. They are the ones who are spending the money to fuel this budding trend. They are the ones who are suppose to decide what’s appropriate for their young children to wear, not executives looking to brew up controversy or turn a profit.
This piece is not “media” related per say, but an article I enjoyed mainly because I have many friends who work full time as teachers and understand a little bit of the pains teachers go through. A good interesting read none-the-less. Feel free to comment with your opinions in the comment section below.
Today, new teachers remain in our profession an average of just 4.5 years, and many of them list “issues with parents” as one of their reasons for throwing in the towel…
…For starters, we are educators, not nannies. We are educated professionals who work with kids every day and often see your child in a different light than you do. If we give you advice, don’t fight it. Take it, and digest it in the same way you would consider advice from a doctor or lawyer. I have become used to some parents who just don’t want to hear anything negative about their child, but sometimes if you’re willing to take early warning advice to heart, it can help you head off an issue that could become much greater in the future…
…Please, take a step back and get a good look at the landscape. Before you challenge those low grades you feel the teacher has “given” your child, you might need to realize your child “earned” those grades and that the teacher you are complaining about is actually the one that is providing the best education…
Hope you enjoy those! Please leave some comments below and give us your thoughts on these matters!
YouTube is celebrating it’s sixth birthday and the statistics are in… It’s a Man Child.
(e.g. lebron james, greg oden, that 6 foot 200lb “12 yr old” pitcher at little league)
A mere two years ago, we wrote a post called YouTube Statistics – The Ultimate Time Suck. This article is currently the one of the most popular posts on Clean Cut Media. However it is amazing how quickly YouTube has grown. 90% of the YouTube Statistics you see out there are clearly outdated… thus here we’ve gathered some of the most current data, straight from YouTube and from articles dated in the last month. Enjoy!
YouTube History
Feb 2005 – Founders register domain name
July 2006 – 100M video views per day, 65,000 new video uploads per day
June 2007 – YouTube launches in 9 countries. Launches YouTube Mobile
Oct 2008 – 15 Hours of video uploaded every minute
Oct 2009 – YouTube announced more than 1 billion views per day
March 2010 – 24 Hours of video uploaded per minute
Feb 2011 – 490 million unique users worldwide per month
YouTube Growth & Ranking Statistics
#1 online video content: 142.7 million unique viewer (#2 Vevo @ 55.2 Million)
#2 Largest Search Engine (#1 Google, #2 YouTube)
#3 Biggest Site on the Web (#1 Google, #2 Yahoo, #3 Youtube, #4 Yahoo)
Did You Know? – 1000s of full-length movies on YouTube (WHERE!!??)
YouTube Traffic & Upload Statistics
13 Million hours of video uploaded in 2010
Equivalent of 240,000 full length film every week
More video content is uploaded to youtube in 60 days, than the three major US TV networks has done in 60 years.
48 Hours of video uploaded every minute
Equivalent to nearly 8 years of content per day (100% inc YoY)
70% of YouTube traffic from outside the US
YouTube is localized in 25 countries and 43 languages
YouTube mobile gets 400M views a day (13% of all views)
YouTube past the 3 billion views a day mark…
YouTube on Facebook & Twitter Statistics
17 million people have connected their YouTube account to a social service
150 years of YouTube video are watched daily on Facebook
500 Tweets per SECOND contain YouTube links
AutoShared Tweet results in 6 new youtube sessions
YouTube Traffic & Upload Statistics