Michael Jackson Farewell Trends

Michael Jackson’s Farewell Trends Research Report By Trendsspotting.com

Akamai: 20% surge in traffic to leading online news sites Source : Akamai

Google search spiked for Michael Jackson Source : Google Blog

And this is what Google thought.. Source : Google Blog

Twitter buzz peaked up to 5000 tweets per minute Source : Twist

MJ dominates US TV news Source : Snap Stream

Facebook’s fan page crossed over 6 Million new fans Source : Inside Facebook

Last.fm: Tracks played per hour after announcement of his death Source : Last.fm

Bloggers join the mourn Source : BlogPulse

The death of Jackson resulted in a global media event of the first order Mainstream Global Media Internet, Blogs & Social Media Rank Story Year Rank Story Year 1 Obama 2008 1 Obama 2008 Hurricane 2 2005 2 Michael Jackson 2009 Katrina Financial 3 2008 3 Iraq War 2003 Tsunami 4 Iraq War 2003 4 Beijing Olympics 2008 9/11 Terrorist 5 2001 5 Financial Tsunami 2008 Attacks 6 Beijing Olympics 2008 6 Hurricane Katrina 2005 7 Pope John Paul II 2005 7 Pope Joh Paul II 2005 8 S.Asian Tsunami 2005 8 9/11 Terrorist Attacks 2001 9 Michael Jackson 2009 9 S.Asian Tsunami 2005 Source : The Global Language Monitor

Out of stock Around the time of Jackson’s death, only one of his albums ranked in the top 100 on iTunes in the US. By Friday morning, 8 of the top 10 albums were Jackson’s. 5 of Jackson’s singles made it to iTunes’ list of most- purchased tracks. As Amazon sold out all Jackson CDs - customers were buying Jackson’s music in digital formats! Jackson related videos on Amazon (mostly DVDs) are currently out of stock.

Trendsspotting Insights Jackson’s shocking death influenced all internet users behaviours, and serves as a good example for what we do once confronted with breaking news: We Search & seek for more information to better understand the event We join groups, follow, become fans to take part in the network created around the event We express our thoughts (@ blogs, twits) among our own network of readers, followers, friends We did that all, like never before, while dealing with Michael Jackson’s death event.

KING of POP R.I.P.

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