The social network analyzes the newborn's first million Facebook mentions and finds out what people expected all along. July 22, 2013 3:24 PM PDT Facebook on Monday confirmed what many casually may have thought: the arrival of the royal baby is more exciting to women than men. The unnamed baby boy had more than 1 million global mentions on Facebook during the hour after his birth, according to the company, and the top demographics posting about him were women ages 18 to 44. Only men ages 18 to 24 posted about the famous tyke, and posted about him more than women ages 45 to 54. Facebook also mapped out the top countries talking about the new royal. The UK, not surprisingly, taking the top slot. The United States, Canada, Italy and France followed suit. Here's the map, showing which countries had users that put up the most posts and comments about the royal baby (the darker the shade, the more posts and comments): Tracking royal baby news reaction during the first hour (click to enlarge). (Credit: Facebook)
The social network analyzes the newborn's first million Facebook mentions and finds out what people expected all along.
Facebook on Monday confirmed what many casually may have thought: the arrival of the royal baby is more exciting to women than men.
The unnamed baby boy had more than 1 million global mentions on Facebook during the hour after his birth, according to the company, and the top demographics posting about him were women ages 18 to 44. Only men ages 18 to 24 posted about the famous tyke, and posted about him more than women ages 45 to 54.
Facebook also mapped out the top countries talking about the new royal. The UK, not surprisingly, taking the top slot. The United States, Canada, Italy and France followed suit. Here's the map, showing which countries had users that put up the most posts and comments about the royal baby (the darker the shade, the more posts and comments):
Tracking royal baby news reaction during the first hour (click to enlarge).
(Credit: Facebook)
