MicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoStephen Colbert’s unaired James Talarico interview hits 6.4 million YouTube views and results in $2.5 million raised for Talarico’s campaign in 24 hoursvariety.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1622arrow-down12
arrow-up1620arrow-down1external-linkStephen Colbert’s unaired James Talarico interview hits 6.4 million YouTube views and results in $2.5 million raised for Talarico’s campaign in 24 hoursvariety.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 hours agoAnd i guess the 2.5M$ are campaign donations that came from a link attached to the youtube video?
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-28 hours agoNot really? Here’s the interview. People just went and donated on their own. Edit: I just double checked the video is at 10 million views.
minus-squarePeekashoe@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 hours agoStrange, I wonder why it shows 7.5m views for me (5 hours after you saw 10m). I wonder if Youtube gives different view counts by region, which would be…interesting.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 hours agoMaybe I fucked up and read subscribers? The mobile page had 10 mil where it looked like views just now, expanding the info says 7.4 mil. Either way it’s a fuck ton more than the 2-3 mil they’d have had if they just aired it. (Gotta be honest it’s not Talarico’s best.)
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-233 minutes agoYou did. It’s 10.6 million subscribers, 7.5 million views.
And i guess the 2.5M$ are campaign donations that came from a link attached to the youtube video?
Not really?
Here’s the interview.
People just went and donated on their own.
Edit: I just double checked the video is at 10 million views.
Strange, I wonder why it shows 7.5m views for me (5 hours after you saw 10m). I wonder if Youtube gives different view counts by region, which would be…interesting.
Maybe I fucked up and read subscribers? The mobile page had 10 mil where it looked like views just now, expanding the info says 7.4 mil.
Either way it’s a fuck ton more than the 2-3 mil they’d have had if they just aired it. (Gotta be honest it’s not Talarico’s best.)
You did. It’s 10.6 million subscribers, 7.5 million views.