Hi Guys,

About 12 hours ago I uploaded a short clip from TV featuring the Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds dropping a streaker on his back using his shoulder.

As a test, I wanted to see what kind of traffic this got, knowing that it would be big news in Australia and other parts of the cricketing world.

Here's the stats so far (after only 12 hours):

Views: 53,210
Comments: 100
Favorited: 103 times
Links: 5
Honors: 19

Just check out these honors too:

Honors for This Video:
#6 - Most Discussed (Today) - Australia
#2 - Most Discussed (Today) - Sports - Australia
#22 - Most Discussed (Today) - Sports
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Australia
#39 - Most Viewed (Today)
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Sports - Australia
#12 - Most Viewed (Today) - Sports
#2 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Australia
#1 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Sports - Australia
#54 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Sports
#2 - Top Favorites (Today) - Australia
#2 - Top Favorites (Today) - Sports - Australia
#13 - Top Favorites (Today) - Sports
#5 - Top Rated (Today) - Australia
#2 - Top Rated (Today) - Sports - Australia
#15 - Top Rated (Today) - Sports
#23 - Top Rated (This Week) - Australia
#2 - Top Rated (This Week) - Sports - Australia
#87 - Top Rated (This Week) - Sports

Pretty incredible for such a young video.

Obviously I haven't done anything amazing here, just used a good title and a good set of tags. I did this just out of curiousity, and it shows that hitting the right cord, at the right time, produces a result.

Can I monetize this, not really, but that isn't why I did it. I just thought the stats would be interesting and I wanted to share.

I'll update these figures over the next few days.

Cheers,
Nez

Hi Nez

Was it uploaded to YouTube and what was the title and tags you choose to use?

Cheers,

Bill

Sorry, a link would have made sense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTWOk6slU_Y

Cheers,
Nez<br><br>Post edited by: Nez, at: 2008/03/05 09:54

Thanks Nez,

Enjoyed the clip and there are some very amusing comments!

Cheers,

Bill

Here's the stats after 20 hours:

Views: 97,243
Comments: 246
Favorited: 202 times
Links: 5
Honors: 21

Honors for This Video:

#6 - Most Discussed (Today) - Australia
#2 - Most Discussed (Today) - Sports - Australia
#13 - Most Discussed (Today) - Sports
#4 - Most Responded (Today) - Australia
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Australia
#21 - Most Viewed (Today)
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Sports - Australia
#7 - Most Viewed (Today) - Sports
#2 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Australia
#1 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Sports - Australia
#50 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Sports
#2 - Top Favorites (Today) - Australia
#79 - Top Favorites (Today)
#2 - Top Favorites (Today) - Sports - Australia
#6 - Top Favorites (Today) - Sports
#3 - Top Rated (Today) - Australia
#2 - Top Rated (Today) - Sports - Australia
#7 - Top Rated (Today) - Sports
#12 - Top Rated (This Week) - Australia
#2 - Top Rated (This Week) - Sports - Australia
#48 - Top Rated (This Week) - Sports

Some amazing stats...

Nez

Update after 24 hours:

117,456 views
461 comments
340 favorited
24 honors

Honors for This Video:
#2 - Most Discussed (Today) - Australia
#49 - Most Discussed (Today)
#1 - Most Discussed (Today) - Sports - Australia
#5 - Most Discussed (Today) - Sports
#15 - Most Responded (Today) - Australia
#18 - Most Responded (This Week) - Australia
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Australia
#12 - Most Viewed (Today)
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Sports - Australia
#3 - Most Viewed (Today) - Sports
#2 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Australia
#1 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Sports - Australia
#24 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Sports
#1 - Top Favorites (Today) - Australia
#60 - Top Favorites (Today)
#1 - Top Favorites (Today) - Sports - Australia
#1 - Top Favorites (Today) - Sports
#1 - Top Rated (Today) - Australia
#62 - Top Rated (Today)
#1 - Top Rated (Today) - Sports - Australia
#2 - Top Rated (Today) - Sports
#5 - Top Rated (This Week) - Australia
#1 - Top Rated (This Week) - Sports - Australia
#13 - Top Rated (This Week) - Sports

Pretty impressive after just 24 hours.

Cheers,
Nez

Nez, I'm very upset you didn't have a link in your summary leading to a cricket store!

Nah, not really what I had in mind. I'm figuring this is a flash in the pan that no-one will be looking at next week. It was purely a test to see what would happen.

Speaking of which...

Update after 36 hours:

221,090 views
758 comments
447 favorited
25 honors

Honors for This Video:
#2 - Most Discussed (Today) - Australia
#22 - Most Discussed (Today)
#1 - Most Discussed (Today) - Sports - Australia
#1 - Most Discussed (Today) - Sports
#16 - Most Responded (Today) - Australia
#50 - Most Responded (This Week) - Australia
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Australia
#3 - Most Viewed (Today)
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Sports - Australia
#1 - Most Viewed (Today) - Sports
#1 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Australia
#60 - Most Viewed (This Week)
#1 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Sports - Australia
#10 - Most Viewed (This Week) - Sports
#1 - Top Favorites (Today) - Australia
#59 - Top Favorites (Today)
#1 - Top Favorites (Today) - Sports - Australia
#1 - Top Favorites (Today) - Sports
#1 - Top Rated (Today) - Australia
#33 - Top Rated (Today)
#1 - Top Rated (Today) - Sports - Australia
#1 - Top Rated (Today) - Sports
#1 - Top Rated (This Week) - Australia
#1 - Top Rated (This Week) - Sports - Australia
#5 - Top Rated (This Week) - Sports

It's gone beyond what I thought it would.

Cheers,
Nez