Gen C Watches YouTube All Day, Every Day on More Than One Screen [INFOGRAPHIC]
Gen C: a generation of narcissistic, entitled, developmentally arrested trophy kids and cloying hipster-derivatives with too much free time on their hands … but that time is spent on YouTube! And smartphones! And computer screens! On Facebook and Twitter! And Justin Bieber! But, Gen C is powerful because they know what they want and their [...]
A Look at How ‘Gangnam Style’ Became the First YouTube Video to Reach 1 Billion Views [INFOGRAPHIC]
Here is an earlier gift for you to unwrap, planet Earth. In just over six months, “Gangnam Style” has already reached one billion views. Surpassing music superstars like Justin Bieber and Jennifer Lopez, PSY has become a global YouTube sensation. “Gangnam Style’s” ascent up the most-viewed video charts has shattered previous records set by Justin [...]
How Much Does It Cost To Create A Web Series? FreddieW explains [INFOGRAPHIC]
If you didn’t know by now, Freddie Wong is a smart dude. His YouTube channels Freddiew and Freddiew2 have established the 27-year-old USC grad as the godfather of VFX on YouTube. Wong also co-created the hit web series “Video Game High School,” which over the course of its nine-episode season received over 27 million views. [...]
Infographic: How Did Social Media Impact Charitable Giving In 2012?
The folks at MDG Advertising created this visually impressive and easy-to-read infographic detailing social media’s influence on charitable giving this past year. In the introduction to the infographic, they wrote: “Raising money for good causes has more than doubled in the last 5 years. With the ever-increasing usage of social media and the viral nature [...]
The 4 Biggest and Most Important New Media Acquisitions [INFOGRAPHIC]
A growing number of traditional media companies like Discovery Communications are viewing YouTube productions as the future of entertainment. They view online video content in such high regard that they have bought companies that are dedicated to creating such entertainment outright. These acquisitions not only fuse traditional media with new media, but also shrink the [...]
The Top 10 Viral Video Brands – Red Bull Ranks #1 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Goviral, a leading distributor in branding entertainment content, recently did a study ranking the top 100 brands dominating the viral video industry. Surprisingly, Red Bull came out on top followed by powerhouse corporations like Google and Disney. I reached out to my friend Brendan Gahan at Mekanism for some insight on why Red Bull has [...]
Column 5 Media Does An Interactive ‘Beard-a-thon’ for ‘Hurricane Sandy’ Relief
When a disaster first occurs, there is an enormous outpouring of good ideas from people wanting to help make the wrong things right. As time goes on, all the best ideas are used up, and what remains is stuff like this interactive infographic from Column 5 Media. Makers of some of the best infographics this [...]
How Big Is Machinima?: NMR’s Official Infographic Has The Answer
It’s been a little while since we last put out an infographic. I know what you’re thinking: “You good-for-nothing louts, stop lounging about, and give me more information visualized as a graphic.” Listen, we know how it seems, but there’s an excuse — we swear! We’ve been working on something big, like really big. Launched [...]
How the 2012 London Olympics Played out on YouTube [INFOGRAPHIC]
As we now bask in the afterglow of the phenomenal 2012 London Olympics, we have a chance to reflect on just what it means to have experienced the first true “Social Media Olympics.” YouTube has provided information regarding the live streaming of the event and it’s massive global numbers on their blog, and NMR has cooked up [...]
The YouTube Creator Playbook Explained…By A Wizard [INFOGRAPHIC]
The YouTube Creator Playbook is like a secret manuscript of magic spells handed down from YouTube star to YouTube star. The YCP is filled to the brim with alchemic recipes that will aide you in your quest through the mystical world of YouTube and help conjure up from the nether an army of devoted viewers. [...]
