Infographics: How Videos Go Viral, and How Social Media Users Watch Video Dan Koelsch, January 27, 2011 Mashable has found two interesting infographics that deal with viral elements. The first one was made by Brian Sieber using data from The Jun Group, and it focuses on how videos go viral. The second is from Lab42, who did a study on how American social medias watch video, specifically television. Take a look after the break. Some of the results above are rather surprising, with females watching more viral videos than men, and Southerners watching more videos than any region. It isn’t surprising, however, to see Facebook as the leading way to share video. How do you learn about and share viral videos? While the answers to this survey seem pretty straight forward and understandable in hindsight, the one thing I took away from this is that newer technology is making it easier for people to watch more television in general. Whether it be the Internet, DVRs, or easy access to DVD sets, more television is available on demand. I was surprised, however, that YouTube dominates the online landscape for watching television shows, especially when there are free or cheap legal alternatives (like Hulu and Netflix) for the mass majority of series. What are your TV watching habits? Do you use any of the websites, or do you DVR? Viral News Chart
‘The Europa Report’ Viral is Launched Along With A Photo February 11, 2012February 11, 2012Now that we have our first look at Sharlto Copley from his newest film The Europa Report (thanks to ComingSoon), we also have what appears to be the first viral site for said film. While most sites are accidentally found, or found by using a great eye and a lot… Read More
‘The Signal’ Viral Marketing Campaign Gets Personal May 27, 2014May 27, 2014Trying to figure out The Signal viral marketing campaign is an effort in futility. We don’t know much about the film itself, considering it is being marketing that way. Focus Features is really playing on the mystery themes of the sci-fi thriller by marketing through the RUAGITATED viral site, and… Read More
Fan Made Work Watch: Spoof Trailer for “WikiLeaks: The Movie” December 19, 2010December 19, 2010You’ve probably heard of WikiLeaks, the organization that has been leaking classified government documents to the public over the last few years in order to keep governments “open.” Well, A spoof trailer that dramatizes the entire WikiLeaks story is on YouTube, and it’s pretty good. Check it out after the… Read More
It seems like relatively few small-scale video producers have used viral videos to market the videos they sell, even despite the growing prevalence of social networking sites. The site FargoTube.com hosts videos, allows the copyright owner — whether amateur or professional — to charge, and provides social-networking functions that promote sharing.
I have a sneaking suspicion that the responses to the question about the hours of TV watched are actually understating the total. Depending on the question order, most people probably did not think of catching an episode of Psyche on Hulu as “watching TV”. Seeing a show on the big screen tethered to a cable is likely what most of them had in mind.