GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 9/15/07

I started to think these updates were pointless, since Paul trounces them all every single time, so I slacked off a little. But I got curious myself to see how things were going so here's another update in spite of myself.

Note: the growth charts have Fred Thompson's old Youtube profile numbers. His new profile as an official candidate is only a week old, and will be used in the next update to replace the original numbers in the growth charts below.

Cumulatives:





Averages:





Here are the progress graphs showing actual growth in various user activities for each GOP candidate since May 22.

Channel Views	Cumulative Ratings	Cumulative Comments
Cumulative Views	Subscribers	Ratings Averages
Comments Averages	Views Averages

Previous entries:
Aug 10, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 08/10/07 - Dem Comparison
Aug 2, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/29/07 - Launch Pad Edition
July 15, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/15/07
July 1, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/01/07
June 21, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 06/21/07
June 11, 2007: GOP Candidate YouTube Stats - 06/11/07
June 2, 2007: GOP Candidate YouTube Stats, Charts (Followup)
May 22, 2007: About those Youtube Stats...
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GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 08/10/07 - Dem Comparison

Here are the results after YouTube's final spotlight week highlighted Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul. Some surprises down below so brace yourself. Check out last week's charts to see exactly where Paul stood before his week in the spotlight began. A reader requested that I include stats for Democratic candidates, so for this edition only the top three Dems have been added to the general graphs (I have no historical data on the Dems to add them meaningfully to the progress charts).

Paul still tops them all, even the Dems, in all areas except channel views. For some reason Obama has racked up over 11,000,000 channel views in the 11 months he's had a youtube profile. Given Paul's 5-month Youtube age and lack of nightly news mentions during that time, Paul's going stronger than anybody.

And here are the charts. Look to the previous posts for data explanations.

Cumulatives:





Averages:





Here are the progress graphs showing actual growth in various user activities for each GOP candidate since May 22.

Channel Views	Cumulative Ratings	Cumulative Comments
Cumulative Views	Subscribers	Ratings Averages
Comments Averages	Views Averages

So what happened to Paul's comments and ratings momentum going into the Spotlight week? I believe his format of posting a different video everyday during the spotlight, instead of leaving just one video up for the duration, has something to do with it. And I have to say that I wasn't too impressed with those 2-3 minute issue-specific clips. He does much better when he can discuss in detail the nuances of his policies, in an interview or speech format. What do you think?


Previous entries:
Aug 2, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/29/07 - Launch Pad Edition
July 15, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/15/07
July 1, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/01/07
June 21, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 06/21/07
June 11, 2007: GOP Candidate YouTube Stats - 06/11/07
June 2, 2007: GOP Candidate YouTube Stats, Charts (Followup)
May 22, 2007: About those Youtube Stats...

GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/29/07 - Launch Pad Edition

Just in time to beat the Ron Paul YouTube Spotlight Rush, these charts represent a snapshot of YouTube internal statistics for all the GOP presidential candidates on the day before Paul's YouTube profile was placed on the Spotlight calendar - July 29, 2007. When the spotlight period is over, we'll take another look and see what impact the extra exposure had on the one candidate who was already leaving the rest of them in the dust. All the charts you're accustomed to are below. See previous posts for explanations that aren't self-evident.

Cumulatives:





Averages:





Here are the growth graphs showing actual growth in various user activities for each candidate since May 22. All candidates have been now been added to these growth charts.

Channel Views	Cumulative Ratings	Cumulative Comments
Cumulative Views	Subscribers	Ratings Averages
Comments Averages	Views Averages

We'll do this again next week and see how the rest of YouTube takes to the Ron Paul Revolution.


Previous entries:
July 15, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/15/07
July 1, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/01/07
June 21, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 06/21/07
June 11, 2007: GOP Candidate YouTube Stats - 06/11/07
June 2, 2007: GOP Candidate YouTube Stats, Charts (Followup)
May 22, 2007: About those Youtube Stats...

GOP Candidates' YouTube Stats - 07/15/07

Little late posting this update, but the data used was collected on July 15 and I just now got around to putting it all together. Initial observations are that the growth for some of the second tier candidates seems to be dipping a little (see growth charts here). Paul's on a rocket to the stars and Romney is the only other candidate with any hope of coming to within half of Paul's YouTube success. And the media says McCain is all but over, but according to this data, his YouTube supporters have not yet abandoned him.

The Charts
First, the cumulative views (inspired by TechPresident's Youtube charts) and other cumulatives for the frontrunner candidates.





Now for the averages sans outliers to reflect true user loyalty to each candidate (an explanation on the outlier data and why they're removed can be found here).






Here are the growth graphs showing actual growth in various user activities for each candidate since May 22. All candidates have been now been added to these growth charts.

Channel Views	Cumulative Ratings	Cumulative Comments
Cumulative Views	Subscribers	Ratings Averages
Comments Averages	Views Averages

As usual, Paul's numbers are blowing the curve. If you want me to remove Paul's data to look at the actual growth of the other candidates, let me know in the comments.

Previous entries:
July 1, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/01/07
June 21, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 06/21/07
June 11, 2007: GOP Candidate YouTube Stats - 06/11/07
June 2, 2007: GOP Candidate YouTube Stats, Charts (Followup)
May 22, 2007: About those Youtube Stats...

GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 07/01/07

I'm a couple days late with this update, but other than the tedium of adding the remaining candidates to the minutiae charts, only a little has changed since last time. Rudy almost doubled the number of videos for his campaign this week, but that doesn't seem to have helped his numbers much. With 41 videos now in his profile, he's still averaging only 2 comments per. Mitt "double Guantanamo" Romney slowed his production down to a trickle, but I'm sure he'll break 200 videos by the next update. And for what, exactly?

One of the pieces of data that I had originally overlooked is the average score of the ratings each video receives, which roughly indicates whether a candidate is producing high quality, well-liked, engaging videos. I've added that element to the tracking just to see whose videos are rating the highest quality. And, though none of the candidates are really tanking in this department, you probably don't have to actually look at these numbers to know whose videos are drawing in an average of almost 5 stars across the board (Ron Paul).

Before we get to the charts, here is how the candidates' videos are graded by the masses, from lowest to highest:

Rudy Giuliani:		2.79 stars
Sam Brownback		3.30
Jim Gilmore		3.40
John McCain		3.44
Tom Tancredo		3.83
Mike Huckabee		3.88
Duncan Hunter		3.93
Fred Thompson		4.12
Mitt Romney		4.27
Ron Paul		4.89

First, the cumulative views (inspired by TechPresident's Youtube charts) and other cumulatives for the frontrunner candidates. I'll be adding the remaining candidates to these charts in one of the next updates because most of the rest are starting to show a little rustling in their Youtube popularity. But for now, the established frontrunners:





Now for the averages sans outliers to reflect true user loyalty to each candidate (an explanation on the outlier data and why they're removed can be found here).





Here are the growth graphs showing actual growth in various user activities for each candidate since May 22. All candidates have been now been added to these growth charts. This is what tedium is all about:

Channel Views	Cumulative Ratings	Cumulative Comments
Cumulative Views	Subscribers	Ratings Averages
Comments Averages	Views Averages

You can't really tell what's going on with the other candidates as long as Paul's numbers keep blowing the curve. I couldn't decide whether to remove Paul's numbers or not, just so people could see the steady pace at which the also-rans continue to grow without being scrunched up at the bottom like they are. But then, if these candidates can't catch up and carve their own visible paths on these charts, that's not mine nor Ron Paul's problem.

Previous entries:
June 21, 2007: GOP Candidates YouTube Stats - 06/21/07
June 11, 2007: GOP Candidate YouTube Stats - 06/11/07
June 2, 2007: GOP Candidate YouTube Stats, Charts (Followup)
May 22, 2007: About those Youtube Stats...