by NewsWhip | Apr 22, 2014 | Other
We look at how many Facebook engagements that the majority of articles get. Every month, we rank the biggest publishers on Facebook and Twitter in terms of total engagements (likes/recommends, shares and comments) for content published throughout the month. This sums...
by Aisling McMahon | Apr 16, 2014 | Other
The issue of gay rights sparked a national conversation in Ireland recently. We look at the role played by social media. Over 3 months ago Rory O’ Neill appeared on the Saturday Night Show, a variety show on Ireland’s national broadcaster. The interview which followed...
by NewsWhip | Apr 8, 2014 | Other
As we move out of the first quarter of 2014, we look at the biggest performers on Facebook in March. As the Facebook algorithm/shift to mobile/social optimisation conversation drifts on, one thing we’ve noticed is that Facebook engagement for top publishers...
by NewsWhip | Mar 18, 2014 | Other
Following on from our look at the biggest Facebook publishers of February last week, we reveal the biggest publishers on Twitter of last month. Here are the 10 biggest publishers on Twitter last month, ranked by total Twitter shares of content published during...
by NewsWhip | Mar 13, 2014 | Other
It’s time for our monthly social rankings – who’s ahead, who’s dropped off, and who’s new? Here are the top 10 Facebook publishers of last month, ranked by total shares of articles published during February: As you can see, BuzzFeed...
by NewsWhip | Mar 6, 2014 | Other
What if front pages were selected by newspapers’ readers instead of their editors? At NewsWhip, we’re always interested in the news stories people are choosing to share – and how those stories differ from the normal news stories editors put on the...
by NewsWhip | Feb 28, 2014 | Other
Judd Legum is the Editor-in-Chief of Think Progress, a popular American liberal news site. He and his his team have been using Spike for the past year. Here, he tells us about how it helps with his site’s journalism. Finding interesting stories to write about...
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...
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