does the upload date of your youtube cover influence how much people like it?
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Blurred Lines MIRRORS GET LUCKY
RADIOACTIVE WE CAN’T STOP
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Blurred Lines MIRRORS GET LUCKY
RADIOACTIVE WE CAN’T STOP
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GET LUCKY #2
EACH POINT
REPRESENTS A
SINGLE VIDEO
COVER
THE
PROPORTION
OF LIKES TO
VIEWS, FOR
EACH VIDEO
THE DAYS BETWEEN THE COVER
VIDEO’S POST DATE AND THE
SINGLE RELEASE
0 days 3 days 5 days
THIS IS WHEN THE
ORIGINAL SONG HITS
TOP 10 IN BILLBOARD
100
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0
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4
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10
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14
0 10 20 30 40
% LIKES OUT OF VIEWS
# DAYS FROM ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE
Showed up in top 10
of Billboard
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
% LIKES OUT OF VIEWS
# DAYS FROM ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE
Showed up in top 10
of Billboard
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
0 20 40 60 80
% LIKES OUT OF VIEWS
# DAYS FROM ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE
Showed up in top 10
of Billboard
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
% LIKES OUT OF VIEWS
# DAYS FROM ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE
Showed up in top 10
of Billboard
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
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8
0 50 100 150 200
% LIKES OUT OF VIEWS
# DAYS FROM ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE
Showed up in top 10
of Billboard
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Next time you produce an
awesome cover, check out the
trajectory of popularity of the song
(using billboard.com, music blogs)
and capitalize on its growth to get
YOU likes.
