Stunning Stats on Twitter, YouTube, Photos, & Apps

Posted by Alex on September 11, 2010 · 1 Comment 

A friend of ours in the broadcasting biz shared this data with us. Check it out!

The Bandwidth Music & Technology Conference in San Francisco last month featured discussions where attendees shared some incredible data points. Take a look:

The latest on Twitter…

# of tweets, daily: 70 million

# of tweets, monthly: 2 billion

# of registered users: 145 million

# of account sign-ups, daily: 300,000

(Source: Matt Graves, Communications Director @ Twitter.)

The latest on photos…

# 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.

The latest on YouTube:

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

The latest on Apps:

# of downloaded apps, App Store: > 5 billion (as of June)

# of artist apps typically downloaded (per artist): < 100,000

(Source on YouTube, photo and apps data: Jeremy Welt, SVP of New Media, Warner Bros. Records.  Total downloaded app statistic from Apple.)

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Alex has earned a reputation for success and ingenuity from his more than twenty years experience in public relations, journalism, marketing and broadcasting. His career has spanned several industries including healthcare, television, non-profit organizations and higher education. His work in the news media included positions as an editor, journalist, radio talk show host and vice president of Kansas City Public Television. He founded AlexanderG Public Relations, LLC in January 2010. AlexanderG PR is a member agency of PRConsultants Group, a collaborative made up of senior-level PR experts in every major market in the United States. Alex wrote the bestselling crowdfunding ebook and audiobook "Kickstarter Success Secrets" and is also the award-winning author of several works of fiction, including the popular mystery novels "Pilate's Cross," "Pilate's Key," and "Pilate's Ghost," available wherever ebooks and paperbacks are sold.

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  1. Networking Techniques « The Young PRofessional says:
    September 14, 2010 at 2:07 am

    [...] 145 Million registered Twitter users – This statistic gives you a HUGE reason to be on Twitter. Your chances for networking with the right people go way up when you use Twitter effectively. Interact with future employers by using hashtags and retweeting their posts. Have a complete profile so employers can visit your blog and see your bio. [...]