Every song on the top 100 Billboard has hundreds of Youtube covers. If you're one of those musicians who likes to cover these awesome songs, then here's some fascinating data on how your upload date affects how many Youtube likes you get.

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Blurred Lines MIRRORS GET LUCKY
RADIOACTIVE WE CAN’T STOP

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Blurred Lines MIRRORS GET LUCKY
RADIOACTIVE WE CAN’T STOP

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GET LUCKY #2

5. EACH POINT
REPRESENTS A
SINGLE VIDEO
COVER

6. THE
PROPORTION
OF LIKES TO
VIEWS, FOR
EACH VIDEO

7. THE DAYS BETWEEN THE COVER
VIDEO’S POST DATE AND THE
SINGLE RELEASE
0 days 3 days 5 days

8. THIS IS WHEN THE
ORIGINAL SONG HITS
TOP 10 IN BILLBOARD
100

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0 10 20 30 40
% LIKES
OUT OF
VIEWS
# DAYS FROM ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE
Showed up in top 10
of Billboard

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2
3
4
5
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0 20 40 60 80 100 120
% LIKES
OUT OF
VIEWS
# DAYS FROM ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE
Showed up in top 10
of Billboard

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2
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7
0 20 40 60 80
% LIKES
OUT OF
VIEWS
# DAYS FROM ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE
Showed up in top 10
of Billboard

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0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
% LIKES
OUT OF
VIEWS
# DAYS FROM ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE
Showed up in top 10
of Billboard

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0 50 100 150 200
% LIKES
OUT OF
VIEWS
# DAYS FROM ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE
Showed up in top 10
of Billboard

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Next time you produce an
awesome cover, check out the
trajectory of popularity of the song
(using billboard.com, music blogs)
and capitalize on its growth to get
YOU likes.

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