Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech after winning the presidential election last night had earned more than 4.8 million viral video views 24 hours after the clip began to circulate online, according to data from online video measurement service Visible Measures.
That figure includes only viral clips of the speech on video-sharing sites and not the number of live streams from news sites.
By 11 a.m. EST Nov. 5, Visible Measures had identified 100 unique video placements associated with Sen. Obama's speech accounting for more than 620,000 views. Those figures grew to 250 unique videos generating more than 4.8 million views and nearly 19,000 comments.
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A recent Cisco survey found that people who used online video to follow this year's election felt more engaged than non-viewers. Access to online video has changed the way people view political events. It gives users the ability to analyze different news sources and judge content for themselves--to learn about a subject-matter on their own terms.
Posted by Rosa | November 6, 2008 2:37 PM