Michael Jackson’s Farewell Trends Research
Report By Trendsspotting.com

Akamai: 20% surge in traffic
to leading online news sites Source : Akamai

Google search spiked for Michael
Jackson Source : Google Blog

And this is what Google
thought.. Source : Google Blog

Twitter buzz peaked up to
5000 tweets per minute Source : Twist

MJ dominates US TV news
Source : Snap Stream

Facebook’s fan page crossed over
6 Million new fans Source : Inside Facebook

Last.fm: Tracks played per hour
after announcement of his death Source : Last.fm

Bloggers join the mourn Source
: BlogPulse

The death of Jackson resulted
in a global media event of the first order Mainstream Global Media Internet, Blogs & Social Media Rank Story Year Rank Story Year 1 Obama 2008 1 Obama 2008 Hurricane 2 2005 2 Michael Jackson 2009 Katrina Financial 3 2008 3 Iraq War 2003 Tsunami 4 Iraq War 2003 4 Beijing Olympics 2008 9/11 Terrorist 5 2001 5 Financial Tsunami 2008 Attacks 6 Beijing Olympics 2008 6 Hurricane Katrina 2005 7 Pope John Paul II 2005 7 Pope Joh Paul II 2005 8 S.Asian Tsunami 2005 8 9/11 Terrorist Attacks 2001 9 Michael Jackson 2009 9 S.Asian Tsunami 2005 Source : The Global Language Monitor

Out of stock Around the
time of Jackson’s death, only one of his albums ranked in the top 100 on iTunes in the US. By Friday morning, 8 of the top 10 albums were Jackson’s. 5 of Jackson’s singles made it to iTunes’ list of most- purchased tracks. As Amazon sold out all Jackson CDs - customers were buying Jackson’s music in digital formats! Jackson related videos on Amazon (mostly DVDs) are currently out of stock.

KING
of
POP
R.I.P.

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