For the past four of six days, John McCain’s daily views from his channel on YouTube surpassed Barack Obama’s, driven mostly by the “Obama Love” and “Pump” videos. The last time McCain surpassed Obama on ANY day was 2/11/08, and 11/29/07 before that (it’s a rare occurrence, and only happened three days in a row back in April of ‘07). Interestingly, Obama’s average has been trending downward over time. More from Silicon Alley Insider here and Slate here.
Each video sharing site has unique (and often confusing) restrictions on video uploads, from file types to codecs, confounding video creators. Our recent study breaks down many of these restrictions, with the following conclusion on the optimal formatting:
We are proud to finally publish the TubeMogul Top 40 list for the month of June, chronicling our most-viewed users. This past month’s leader-board is even more dominated by new media than our last (which was all-time). Fred, the squeaky-voiced sensation who has a lock on the tween audience on YouTube, snags the number one spot, followed by NextNewNetworks at number two. Other interesting results? Citizen journalist upstart The Uptake is our eighth-most viewed user for the month of June, and Average Betty, a favorite around here, comes in at number 28.
