Britney Spears and Lady Gaga have more followers than the entire population of Sweden, Israel, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway and Panama according to the video Social Media Revolution 2 (Refresh) by Socialnomics. Lady Gaga hit the news today as being the most popular tweeter with over 5.7 million followers – go Gaga! I checked these stats last Friday, when Gaga was still approx 100,000 followers behind Britney Spears, which shows the speed at which communities on the social web can grow. Britney has over 5.6 million followers, compared to Ashton Kutcher (third most popular Tweeter) with over 5.5 million followers, however Britney has only posted 439 tweets whereas Ashton is much more in touch with his followers having tweeted 6,111 times! (more…)
Twitter Blog Posts
Twitter Growth Worldwide – Latest Figures
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Yesterday comeScore released the latest figures for Twitter growth worldwide. The comScore study found that 93 million internet users visited Twitter.com, which is an increase of 109% from the previous year.
Graham Mudd, VP of comScore, explained that Twitter experienced the biggest and fastest growth where nearly 3 out of 4 global internet users access social networking sites [mainly Twitter] each month. These figures are not really surprising. (more…)
Foster’s face the wrath of comedians Twitter
Thursday, August 5th, 2010I am relatively new to Twitter. I historically thought it was just the annoying status updates that Facebook had but without the ability to see how fat and haggard your “friends” had got since you last saw them in the flesh.
Since joining however I am regularly amused by several of my favourite comedians who have started a campaign to subvert some marketing that Fosters is carrying out since they took over from Perrier as the sponsors of the Edinburgh Fringe. (more…)
Newcastle To New Zealand Via Twitter – Priceless!
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Newcastle to New Zealand with British Airways – £1,066
Newcastle to New Zealand via Twitter – £0
Ever thought about travelling down under, but been put off by the cost? Fear no more, it can be done for free. It might take a bit longer than a direct flight, but it can be nonetheless!
Paul Smith had a dream, a 30 day journey from his home in Newcastle to Campbell Island, 200 miles off the coast of New Zealand. (more…)
At Glasto, with Twitter…
Friday, June 25th, 2010
As you read this I’ll be in the middle of a (dry and not muddy) field with a hot spiced cider in one hand, my smart phone in the other and some amazing bands on the stage in front of me.
Yes, that’s right – I’ll be at Glastonbury. (more…)
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