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 | Mar 25, 2014 | Digital Journalism
Performance based pay for journalists will grant serious market power to influential reporters. Reading David Carr’s piece on a trend toward performance-based pay for journalists, my first reaction was to worry about the poor souls who won’t make rent unless their...
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 | 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 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 | 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....
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