by NewsWhip | Feb 27, 2014 | Digital Journalism
Did you read the story suggesting there’s no correlation between shares and content being read? It turns out there’s more to it. Last week, I became the last person on the Internet read a story by Adrianne Jeffries of The Verge called “You’re not going to...
by NewsWhip | Feb 12, 2014 | Other
Following on from our posts on the biggest Twitter and Facebook publishers of last month, we present the biggest LinkedIn publishers of last month, from Forbes to Wired. Although Forbes didn’t manage to add to their December high of 320,000 LinkedIn shares,...
by NewsWhip | Feb 10, 2014 | Other
Following on from our January Facebook publishers rankings, here are the biggest Twitter publishers of last month, according to our Spike database. Since we started compiling these charts back in September, the BBC has consistently topped the charts. There was no...
by NewsWhip | Feb 6, 2014 | Other
As Facebook turns 10, we look at who’s having the most success in using the biggest social network in the world to put their content in front of eyeballs. Here are the top 10 Facebook publishers of last month, based on their share count. The data is from our...
by NewsWhip | Dec 12, 2013 | Other
We investigated the length of articles that get the most shares for major publishers – and it seems long form content has a long tail. UPDATE: This post was originally posted in 2013. In January 2017, we conducted new analysis on average word count of viral...
by NewsWhip | Dec 4, 2013 | Other
Changes in media consumption and distribution have big consequences for those who tell stories – whether it’s news reporting or brand promoting. The relevant professions should learn from each other’s activities. Journalists learning from marketers:...
by NewsWhip | Oct 31, 2013 | Other
What’s the secret to writing stories people will share and talk about? To help you improve your social writing, we’ve made an analysis of the categories of content that go viral each day on social networks. We see 7 major divisions, based on data we...
by NewsWhip | Oct 15, 2013 | Other
Another month, another list of the most popular stories on the social web. We’ve ransacked our logs for the sharing data of countless stories published around the world during September, and our analysis show the real winners in the battle for share-grabbing content....
by NewsWhip | Sep 12, 2013 | Product Announcements
We can today announce that we have raised $1.1 million in seed funding, and we’re opening shop in New York City. The investment will be used to further our mission of helping media professionals and consumers find the world’s most engaging stories each day. We...
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