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Digital Landscape Report: The Heritage Foundation Leads the Way in Twitter Followers (October 14, 2012)

Key Points:

1. The Heritage Foundation led with 10,285 new Twitter followers. MoveOn.org led all progressive groups with 2,721 new Twitter followers

2. American Bridge led with 46.04% growth on Twitter.  American Crossroads led all conservative groups with 11.25% growth on Twitter.

3. SuperPACs and Independent groups gained 33,098 new Twitter followers.

Digital Landscape Report: Freedom Works Leads the Way in Facebook Likes (October 7, 2012)

Key Points:

1. Freedom Works led with 406,865 new Facebook likes. MoveOn.org led all progressive groups with 16,689 new Facebook likes.

2. American Bridge led with 19.66% growth on Facebook. Freedom Works led all conservative groups with 16.10% growth on Facebook.

3. SuperPACs and Independent groups gained 541,910 new likes.

Digital Landscape Report: Americans for Prosperity Leads the Way in YouTube Views (September 23, 2012)

Key Points:

1. Americans for Prosperity led with 4,575,481 YouTube views. Priorities USA Action led all progressive groups with 2,036,979 views.

2. “Has President Obama Earned Your Vote?” by Americans for Prosperity was the most watched video with 1,325,843 views. “We The People” by Priorities USA Action was the most watched video from progressive groups with 748,984 views.

3. Priorities USA Action led with 17.52% growth in subscribers. American Crossroads led all conservative groups with 14.26% growth in subscribers.

Has President Obama Earned Your Vote?

1,325,843 views
474 people like this
185 people disike this

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Where is Washington Taking Us?

1,128,210 views
6 people like this
0 people disike this

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Priorities USA Action: “We The People”

748,984 views
0 people like this
0 people disike this

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Priorities USA Action: “Olive”

620,963 views
0 people like this
0 people dislike this

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So Many Things

499,669 views
3 people like this
0 people disike this

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5
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Digital Landscape Report: Priorities USA Action Leads the Way in YouTube Views (August 26, 2012)

Key Points:

1. Priorities USA Action led with  1,608,188 YouTube views. American Crossroads led conservative groups with 956,004 views.

2. “Has President Obama Earned Your Vote?” by Americans for Prosperity was the most watched video with 1,213,474 views. “Understands” by Priorities USA Action was the most watched video from progressive groups with 1,151,082 views.

3. Priorities USA Action led with 37.00% growth in subscribers. American Crossroads led all conservative groups with 31.23% growth in subscribers.

Has President Obama Earned Your Vote?

1,213,474 views
311 people like this
59 people disike this

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“Understands”

1,151,082 views
462 people like this
711 people disike this

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Revealed: The GOP Strategy

862,960 views
201 people like this
35 people disike this

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Stage

325,221 views
2,064 people like this
165 people disike this

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American Crossroads: “Run, Joe. Run”

255,931 views
1,348 people like this
199 people disike this

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5
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Digital Landscape Report: Priorities USA Action Leads the Way in YouTube Views (July 29, 2012)

Key Points:

1. Priorities USA Action led with 1,878,814 YouTube views. Americans for Prosperity led conservative groups with 1,361,991 views.

2. “Stage” by Priorities USA Action was the most watched video with 1,569,655 views. “Not A Tax Increase?” by Americans for Prosperity was the most watched video from conservative groups with 619,702 views.

3. Priorities USA Action led with 49.06% growth in subscribers. American Crossroads led all conservative groups with 18.61% growth in subscribers.

Stage

1,569,655 views
340 people like this
54 people disike this

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Not A Tax Increase?

619,702 views
198 people like this
44 people disike this

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Donnie

236,864 views
117 people like this
24 people disike this

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Crossroads GPS: “Tired”

142,049 views
0 people like this
0 people disike this

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American Crossroads: Smoke

130,202 views
0 people like this
0 people disike this

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Digital Landscape Report: Americans for Prosperity Leads the Way in YouTube Views (May 27, 2012)


Key points:

1. Americans for Prosperity had the most views with 1,265,568.

2. The most watched political video was “Wasteful Spending” by Americans for Prosperity with 1,055,351 views.

3. American Crossroads had the largest subscriber growth with 28.41%.

 

Top Five Political Videos

 

Wasteful Spending

1,055,351 views
140 people like this
150 people disike this

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Heads or Tails

277,750 views
1,377 people like this
193 people disike this

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2
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How Did Mitt Romney Get So Obscenely Rich? Robert Reich Explains

169,991 views
1,377 people like this
59 people disike this

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3
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Operation Hot Mic

151,169 views
1,434 people like this
193 people disike this

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4
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Cool

137,238 views
1,278 people like this
705 people disike this

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5
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YouTube Yesterday: Wasteful Spending by AFP Leads The Way for the Second Straight Day


Viewers continued turning to the same videos yesterday. Eight of the top ten most watched videos in politics were videos that appeared in our last edition of YouTube Yesterday. As the election gets closer, will viewers prefer older or newer videos? Stay tuned.

 

AFP Wasteful Spending Ad

66,842 views
414 people like this
1,124 people disike this

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President Barack Obama’s Remarks at the Ready to Go Rally in Columbus, Ohio

53,802 views
1,748 people like this
227 people disike this

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Stephanie Cutter: Get the facts on Mitt Romney, Big Oil, and the Koch Brothers

47,750 views
6,444 people like this
402 people disike this

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Silence

39,893 views
441 people like this
85 people disike this

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Dick Lugar: Ex-Hoosier

20,490 views
7 people like this
4 people disike this

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President Obama Announces the 2012 Launch of African Americans for Obama

18,258 views
1,539 people like this
19,834 people disike this

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Forward

15,273 views
7,019 people like this
2,532 people disike this

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7
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American Crossroads: Operation Hot Mic

8,881 views
1,616 people like this
229 people disike this

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Are We Satisfied? No!

7,671 views
245 people like this
115 people disike this

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Newt Gingrich: Frankly, not Mitt Romney’s biggest supporter

6,342 views
783 people like this
138 people disike this

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10
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YouTube Yesterday: Familiar


Viewers preferred familiar videos over new ones yesterday. Six of the top ten most watched videos in politics were in the last edition of YouTube Yesterday. Will viewers turn to these old favorites tomorrow? Stay tuned.

 

AFP Wasteful Spending Ad

98,303 views
407 people like this
1,116 people disike this

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President Barack Obama’s Remarks at the Ready to Go Rally in Columbus, Ohio

63,769 views
1,391 people like this
150 people disike this

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Stephanie Cutter: Get the facts on Mitt Romney, Big Oil, and the Koch Brothers

37,032 views
6,176 people like this
372 people disike this

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Dick Lugar: Ex-Hoosier

16,767 views
6 people like this
4 people disike this

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4
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Forward

10,101 views
6,835 people like this
2,476 people disike this

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5
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3

 

 

Are We Satisfied? No!

10,094 views
201 people like this
103 people disike this

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6
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President Obama Announces the 2012 Launch of African Americans for Obama

8,531 views
1,534 people like this
19,646 people disike this

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How Did Mitt Romney Get So Obscenely Rich? Robert Reich Explains

7,781 views
1,515 people like this
66 people disike this

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American Crossroads: Operation Hot Mic

5,200 views
1,580 people like this
221 people disike this

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America at Risk: Kerry Kachejian on the Importance of Military Readiness

4,141 views
78 people like this
4 people disike this

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10
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YouTube Weekend Watch: All About January, April and May


Viewers continued turning to videos uploaded in 2012 last weekend. All of the top ten videos last weekend were from January, April or May. How many videos from 2012 will appear in our next edition? Stay tuned.

 

Stephanie Cutter: Get the facts on Mitt Romney, Big Oil, and the Koch Brothers

328,851 views
5,688 people like this
329 people disike this

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AFP Wasteful Spending Ad

192,566 views
380 people like this
1,064 people disike this

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Forward

34,159 views
6,664 people like this
2,389 people disike this

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Dick Lugar: Ex-Hoosier

28,653 views
4 people like this
4 people disike this

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4
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9

 

 

President Obama Announces the 2012 Launch of African Americans for Obama

26,282 views
1,525 people like this
19,504 people disike this

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American Crossroads: “Cool”

17,572 views
1,384 people like this
831 people disike this

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Newt Gingrich: Frankly, not Mitt Romney’s biggest supporter

14,483 views
676 people like this
106 people disike this

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7
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One Chance

12,968 views
2,204 people like this
1,640 people disike this

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8
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3

 

 

American Crossroads: Backward

12,856 views
244 people like this
29 people disike this

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American Crossroads: Operation Hot Mic

12,662 views
1,555 people like this
215 people disike this

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10
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YouTube Yesterday: Looking for New Material


Sometimes, the only thing that viewers want Is new material. That was certainly the case yesterday. Seven of the top ten most watched videos in politics were new entries from our last edition and all of the videos were uploaded either in April or May. How many new videos will make their debut this upcoming weekend? Stay tuned.

 

Forward

286,476 views
6,352 people like this
2,184 people disike this

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AFP Wasteful Spending Ad

266,245 views
339 people like this
780 people disike this

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2
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One Chance

148,993 views
2,126 people like this
1,597 people disike this

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3
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2

 

 

Swiss Bank Account

116,457 views
829 people like this
165 people disike this

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4
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Josh Mandel Ad: Can’t Push Us Around

70,428 views
101 people like this
148 people disike this

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5
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Mitt Romney: Extreme on Women’s Issues

54,144 views
953 people like this
118 people disike this

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6
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5

 

 

American Crossroads: “Cool”

34,013 views
1,356 people like this
801 people disike this

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7
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4

 

 

Thank You To All Of Our Supporters

26,288 views
0 people like this
0 people disike this

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8
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Dick Lugar: Ex-Hoosier

22,630 views
4 people like this
2 people disike this

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9
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Broken Promises: Spending

20,643 views
259 people like this
219 people disike this

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10
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Check back in next week to see more YouTube statistics.

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