YouTube: Our Facebook Page Will Have More Fans than Megan Fox and Vin Diesel or “We’ll Eat Humble Pie”
With over 3.1 million fans, YouTube has one of the most popular Pages on Facebook. But it isn’t satisfied: YouTube has just set its sights on the top of the Facebook Page leaderboards, claiming that it will surpass Will Smith, Megan Fox, Lady Gaga, Adam Sandler and yes, even Vin Diesel – all in the next 60 days – or else it will “eat humble pie” and spotlight a video on the YouTube home page for a nonprofit cause of their choosing.
Here’s the offer from Hunter Walk, YouTube’s Director of Product Management:
OK, Ashton might have more followers on Twitter than we do, but we’re not going quietly into the night. Let’s take a friendly celebrity tussle to Facebook, shall we? where we’ve got the 12th most popular Product/Celebrity fan page (thankyouverymuch). With 3.1 million fans, we’re hovering above Mr. Demi Moore, Rihanna and, er, potato chips (Pringles). That’s not too bad, but our sights are on you, Will Smith, Megan Fox, Lady Gaga, Adam Sandler and Vin Diesel. You stand in our way of leaderboard glory so it’s time for a good old fashioned Internet showdown.
You heard it here: we’re going to pass these celebs in the next 60 days and if we don’t, we’ll eat humble pie and
spotlight video(s) on our homepage for the nonprofit or non-commercial cause of their choosing. It’s a stretch goal, to be sure, as we’d have to gain approximately the following numbers of fans to beat…
- Adam Sandler: 150K
- Lady Gaga: 290K
- Will Smith: 965K
- Megan Fox: 1.4M
- Vin Diesel: 2.2M
Think we can do it? Help us get there by joining our Facebook group [sic] now. Because we so want to be able to say that we’re stronger than Vin Diesel, cooler than Will Smith and hotter than Megan Fox.
Here’s how the Facebook Page leaderboards stand today. We’re pretty confident YouTube can climb the charts, but whether or not it can topple perennial Facebook stalwarts Vin Diesel and Megan Fox is another thing. We’ll keep track over the next 60 days to let you know how things are shaping up!
| Name | Fans |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Michael Jackson | 10,052,051 |
| 2. | Barack Obama | 6,507,667 |
| 3. | Vin Diesel | 5,401,155 |
| 4. | Megan Fox | 4,585,121 |
| 5. | 4,425,790 | |
| 6. | Dr. House | 4,302,133 |
| 7. | Will Smith | 4,188,054 |
| 8. | Starbucks Coffee Company | 3,734,436 |
| 9. | Coca-Cola | 3,542,043 |
| 10. | Lady Gaga | 3,487,076 |
| 11. | Adam Sandler | 3,346,776 |
| 12. | YouTube | 3,199,441 |
| 13. | Mafia Wars | 3,136,871 |
| 14. | Ashton Kutcher | 2,896,202 |
| 15. | South Park | 2,814,571 |
| 16. | Linkin Park | 2,810,928 |
| 17. | Rihanna | 2,776,872 |
| 18. | Pringles | 2,760,781 |
| 19. | Twilight | 2,731,813 |
| 20. | 成龍 Jackie Chan | 2,685,851 |
October 21st, 2009 at 1:08 am
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