Friday, December 21, 2012

8.1 million dollars in advertising deals for Gangnam Style

According to claims PSY Gangnam style- the most watched video in YouTube history (1 billion views) has reach an approximate 8.1 us dollars in ad sales revenue alone.

It is interesting to see that just the content around the video Gangnam Style has produced millions of views on its own. Example of this is an approximate 20 million views to just fan tributes in a sole day. With the rise of online video we see advertising in the different online TV channels for example: Ziike we see an amazing rise of advertising revenue dedicated to this content.

Gangnam style is a true phenomenon and a powerful proof of how online video is redefining media. 

Some fun facts about Gangnam Style are:
1. It is the most seen video in the history of YouTube.
2. It comes second to Justin Bieber's "Baby" video.
3. Gangnam style remix alone reached a total of 200 million views.
4. It took Gangnam style only 5 months to reach this amazing growth.
5. Since summer their has been an approximate 2.9 million downloads.
6. It is the first time a korean artist rank's first on the United States iTunes chart.
7. Gangnam style has been the number one video in more than 30 countries.

 All in all we can only say: Congratulations PSY.