In only six days, Kony is the fastest “campaign” to surpass 100 million views. Susan Boyle did it in nine. Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance, which currently has over 900 million views, took 18 days. Rebecca Black’s Friday, currently at 430+ million views, took 45 days. Even Justin Bieber’s Baby, which has topped 1.1 billion views, took 56 days, one day faster than Miley Cyrus’ Party in the USA. Modern Warfare 2, one of the biggest entertainment launches ever, hit 100 million views after 77 days. We won’t go through all of them, but you can see how long it took some of the biggest viral names ever to reach 100 million views in the chart above.
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Self Publishing by the Numbers
Long regarded as a practice reserved for the vain who can’t get a book deal, self publishing has finally become a financially viable and respectable option for writers world over. Even the professionals are doing it - so how is the paradigm shift affecting the publishing world, and how much money can a writer expect to earn from going solo? Learn about
- The initial costs for Offset Printing and Print on Demand (POD)
- Printing Books and Distribution Costs
- Self-publishing vs. Traditional Publishing
- The New Book Publishing Revolution
- Print on Demand Case Study
- E-Books Case Study
- Famous Self Published Authors
- A quirk in the online book sales figures
Time Spent Online on Key Internet Categories
Social networking sites now reach 82 percent of the world’s online population, representing 1.2 billion users around the world.
