Snapshot of Presidential Candidate Social Networking Stats

Snapshot of Presidential Candidate Social Networking Stats: Nov 3, 2008. 

Internet Usage in United States United States Population: 303,824,646

Internet Usage: 220,141,969 

Penetration rate: 72.5% 

Growth from 2000-2008: 130.9% 

Stats from Internet WorldStats (Census, Nielson) 

Facebook 

Obama: 2,379,102 supporters 

McCain: 620,359 supporters 

Obama has 380% more supporters than McCain 

MySpace 

Obama: Friends: 833,161 

McCain: Friends: 217,811 

Obama has 380% more supporters than McCain 

YouTube 

Obama: 1792 videos uploaded since Nov 2006

Subscribers: 114,559 (uploads about 4 a day)

Channel Views: 18,413,110 

McCain: 329 videos uploaded since Feb 2007 

(uploads about 2 a day)

Subscribers: 28,419, 

Channel Views: 2,032,993 

Obama has 403% more subscribers than McCain 

Obama has 905% more viewers than McCain 

Twitter 

Obama: @barackobama has 112,474 followers 

McCain: @JohnMcCain (is it real?) 4,603 followers 

Obama has 240 times more followers in Twitter than McCain