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Monday, August 23, 2010

Fun Internet Facts

FUN INTERNET FACTS: Some handy facts and figures brought to you courtesy our good friends at Digital Music News. Perhaps you can use them to win a bar bet. Or not.

Twitter Facts
# of tweets, daily: 70 million
# of tweets, monthly: 2 billion
# of registered users: 145 million
# of account sign-ups, daily: 300,000
@amazonmp3 followers: 1,489,543

Photo Facts
# of photos uploaded onto Facebook, monthly: 2.5 billion
# of photos uploaded to Facebook, annually: 30 billion
# of approved photos typically needed by a band, 2000: 6-9
# of approved photos typically needed by a band, 2010: 300-400

YouTube Facts
#2 search engine in the world (separated from Google)
# of videos rotated by MTV, during its 80s prime: 30-40 per week
# of views for Tyler Hilton's cover of Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody": 748,099

Apps Facts
# of downloaded apps, App Store: > 5 billion (as of June)
# of artist apps typically downloaded (per artist): < 100,000 (8/23a)

 
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