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It's interesting that /r/politics got a huge bump (looks to me to be about 75% increase in size) around the 2008 U.S. presidential election, but had no noticeab
by zck 13y ago
It's interesting that /r/politics got a huge bump (looks to me to be about 75% increase in size) around the 2008 U.S. presidential election, but had no noticeable difference in 2012.
- danielhonigman 13y agoWill be interesting to see what happens in 2016, with Obama having reached his two-term limit. Plus, I also think Obama was focusing on more "mainstream" channels like FB, Twitter, etc.
- natural219 13y agoThis seem to be purely a function of volume. By 2012 there were all sorts of other subreddits that people frequented.
- danielhonigman 13y agoGood point
- bhaumik 13y agoIn 2012, Obama's AMA received 5.6 million views (1.6 m unique) [1] "The site averaged over three billion pageviews each month in 2012, which is a 50% increase from the two billion the site reported for the month of December in 2011." [1] http://www.slashgear.com/reddit-saw-37-billion-pageviews-in-2012-president-obama-ama-most-popular-post-01262723/ http://www.slashgear.com/reddit-saw-37-billion-pageviews-in-...