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
Viral Video: Power Laces Inspired By Back to the Future July 6, 2010September 7, 2011Courtesy of CNet, we have a treat on the wake of the 25th Anniversary of Back to the Future‘s theatrical release. If you remember the sequel, you’ll probably remember the Nike shoes with the auto-fitting “power laces” in the year 2015. Blake Bevin decided to make it a reality by… Read More
“Dora The Explorer” Fake Movie Trailer Gets Turned into Real Web Series March 14, 2013March 14, 2013Last summer, the comedy website CollegeHumor made a fake trailer for a Dora The Explorer movie that turned the young educational traveler into an international spy. The action-packed trailer starring Modern Family‘s Ariel Winter as the title character went insanely viral, with people asking for this to really happen. CollegeHumor… Read More
Viral Video Round Up: Star Wars, Bourne Identity, The Dark Knight, The Amazing Spider-Man, And More! November 4, 2012The Internet is full of videos related to movies, whether they be fan made, studio made, or somewhere in between. We regularly bring you the best, most interesting, or just plain weirdest, and today we do it again. Check out the latest viral videos after the break. 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.