Google+ Statistics on SocialStatistics.com

Ever wonder who's moving and shaking on the new Google+ platform? SocialStatistics.com has created an impressive widget with some very cool social insight.

With the ever increasing popularity of Google+, many have asked the question- "Who is on top?"

Before www.SocialStatistics.com, there was no easy way to tell.  However, thanks to the hacking work of Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten the mystery becomes an amazingly fun and interactive reality.  (You might have heard of Boris, he is also the founder of Twitter Counter, the premier statistics provider for Twitter.)  
Boris' new venture...
"tracks and generates detailed statistics for 39,803 users and pulls in hundreds of the most popular posts, every second of the day, from Google+. Add yourself (see sidebar) so we can start tracking your personal Google+ statistics too. You will be able to see how many people added you to their circles, how you grow over time and where you rank in the list of popular Google+ users"
To play devil's advocate for a bit, while the idea and concept are good, user adoption is always the critical component.  But, with 1 million page views and 300k unique visitors in the first week I believe this app is here to stay.  Especially being as G+ is not even out of beta!
Where's The Cash?
The widget makes money by allowing people to become "featured" users of the platform.  Think of it as broadcasting your profile out to gain an increasingly large number of followers.
Google+ Statistics on SocialStatistics.com

Google+ Statistics currently tracks and generates detailed statistics for 39,616 users and pulls in hundreds of the most popular posts, every second of the day, from Google+. Add yourself (see sidebar) so we can start tracking your personal Google+ statistics too.

Below are a few user reviews:

“ Shameless self promotion coming.I am ranked 2,214 on google+ and now with over 22,000,000 people on google+ that would put me in the top 1% of people on google+.Just thought I would let you know. You may now return to your normal feed.
RoguePhotos.net
July 21, 2011
“ See the Top 100 most popular Google+ users and add yourself to the list. Best way to get more followers...
Mark Panszky
July 24, 2011
“ Does any one else find it ironic that Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, has more followers on Google+ than Larry Page, founder of Google?
Dinidu Perera
July 22, 2011
http://twitter.com/acaPAWN7/status/95499348854575104
“ Google+ gender ratio is 86.4% male. Not even going to comment.
Judd Jackson
July 23, 2011

To connect with Boris, visit his Google+ profile at the link below.

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten - Google+

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The article below is an interview with Boris on the creation of www.socialstatistics.com  

Google+ Statistics: A (very) short history

On Sunday July 3 I started coding on a top 100 list for Google+. A few days before I was invited to this new and exciting social networking experiment by Google. As I was browsing around I noticed there was a public page with a few statistics.

Still wondering what Google+ is all about?  Visit the slide deck below.  

[slideshare id=8620119&w=400&h=334&sc=no]
Neat little video on SocialStatistics.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDAFjZCil7o
More user feedback......
http://twitter.com/MapmyS/status/95515426053828610
http://twitter.com/INTERPRETENORIO/status/95516083007668225
http://twitter.com/prks/status/95474499163652096
http://twitter.com/shariffjohnson/status/95497079757082624#142
http://twitter.com/hesika/status/95496071618379776
http://twitter.com/studiovaud/status/95495186632810496
http://twitter.com/haihui/status/95476487158906880
http://twitter.com/haihui/status/95476594180767744
http://twitter.com/dhalvorsonbush/status/95475747501768704
http://twitter.com/GPlusNL/status/95489054757486592
http://twitter.com/Tettrabyte/status/95473917635993601
http://twitter.com/shegeek/status/95478214272618496
http://twitter.com/WE2Glocal/status/95480444551835648
http://twitter.com/webmarketingflt/status/95480805681401856
http://twitter.com/puresurplus/status/95483242928553984
http://twitter.com/marvinjr/status/95484045907083264
http://twitter.com/NatachaVarela/status/95496704958267392
http://twitter.com/MiaAnkarwall/status/95497654406098944
http://twitter.com/acaPAWN7/status/95499348854575104#144
http://twitter.com/portergale/status/95498486518255617
http://twitter.com/MarketersVoices/status/95540117170688000
http://twitter.com/egocast/status/95514155972427776
http://twitter.com/iskrob/status/95514404606590976
http://twitter.com/linooliveira/status/95527328918159361
http://twitter.com/RaoulStockton/status/95527822763888642
http://twitter.com/asjebreen/status/95515845148680193
http://twitter.com/RassemBel/status/95526650359447552
http://twitter.com/Indhujathegeek/status/95520048415907843
http://twitter.com/danielbrandell/status/95520783903891456
http://twitter.com/mtcnajjar/status/95524367362035712
http://twitter.com/marruciic/status/95524711689228288
http://twitter.com/Solusync/status/95525066980335618
http://twitter.com/ajouzeau/status/95528204034519041
http://twitter.com/bengtfrost/status/95547291968086017#410
http://twitter.com/RassemBel/status/95526650359447552#716
http://twitter.com/INTERPRETENORIO/status/95516083007668225#602
http://twitter.com/Indhujathegeek/status/95520048415907843#419
http://twitter.com/mtcnajjar/status/95524367362035712#404
http://twitter.com/ajouzeau/status/95528204034519041#830
http://twitter.com/Solusync/status/95525066980335618#338
http://twitter.com/michelfortin/status/95532772956979200
http://twitter.com/shariffjohnson/status/95497079757082624
http://twitter.com/linooliveira/status/95527328918159361#763
http://twitter.com/RaoulStockton/status/95527822763888642#489
http://twitter.com/bengtfrost/status/95547291968086017

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