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
First Promo Image From Star Trek Sequel Leaks, Or Does It? November 6, 2010A story beginning to make some headway amongst the film blogs is a particular image that has found by Collider. It looks to be some sort of promotional image regarding Star Trek and 2012, but the actual purpose for the image is unknown. Take a look after the jump. Read More
Mad Men Parodies: Emmy Commercials and Don Draper’s College Orientation August 23, 2010August 23, 2010This seems to be the Summer of Mad Men, as the show is popping up everywhere. The Emmys are coming up this Sunday, and late night talk show host (and former laugher during SNL skits) Jimmy Fallon is hosting. To promote the television award show, NBC has two commercials with… Read More
The Rising Tide Wants to Know What “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Are Hiding May 12, 2013May 12, 2013Last week, a strange, very brief viral video teasing Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. made the rounds on the internet, showing footage of a Hulk-like creature wreaking havoc on a city street. However, a mysterious “Rising Tide” watermark was front and center and at the time none of the domains Disney… 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.