January 14th, 2013

Has Facebook Lost 600,000 Users In The UK? Maybe Not

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After the whole Insta-gate incident where we saw a lot of back and forth about whether Facebook-owned, popular photo sharing app Instagram was losing users, today a report has come out that claims user attrition at an even bigger target: Facebook itself. → Read More

January 2nd, 2012

On Facebook, Obama Has The Most Fans, Ron Paul The Highest “Viral Reach”

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Social media analytics firm Socialbakers has tracked more than 10 million Facebook Pages and Places plus billions of individual user interactions in order to determine who the most popular, engaging and influential presidential candidates are on Facebook. Not surprisingly, incumbent Obama has the most Facebook fans, which is one way to measure “popularity.” That’s not necessarily the fairest way… → Read More

October 27th, 2011

Socialbakers acquires Social RSS, a Facebook feed reader, adds Google+ support

Social media analytics firm Socialbakers has acquired Social RSS, a popular feed reader app for Facebook. The deal follows on the heels of the company’s earlier acquisition of Checkfacebook.com, which was completed last month. Looks like they’re putting that $2 million they just raised to work.

The company, which says it’s already profitable, is also announcing support for the Google+ service (in… → Read More

October 27th, 2011

Socialbakers Acquires Social RSS, A Facebook Feed Reader, Adds Google+ Support

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Social media analytics firm Socialbakers has acquired Social RSS, a popular feed reader app for Facebook. The deal follows on the heels of the company’s earlier acquisition of Checkfacebook.com, which was completed last month. Looks like they’re putting that $2 million they just raised to work.

The company, which says it’s already profitable, is also announcing support for the Google+ service… → Read More

September 29th, 2011

Earlybird invests $2 million in social media analytics firm Socialbakers

Social media analytics company Socialbakers, previously known as Facebakers, has raised $2 million in funding in a round led by Earlybird Venture Capital. The funding will enable Socialbakers, which was founded in 2009 and says it is already profitable, to extend its offerings for social media monitoring. → Read More

September 29th, 2011

Earlybird Invests $2 Million In Social Media Analytics Firm Socialbakers

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Social media analytics company Socialbakers, previously known as Facebakers, has raised $2 million in funding in a round led by Earlybird Venture Capital. The funding will enable Socialbakers, which was founded in 2009 and says it is already profitable, to extend its offerings for social media monitoring.

Read on at TechCrunch Europe. → Read More

February 1st, 2011

Facebook Averaged Almost 8 New Registrations Per Second In 2010

Candytech, a Czech company that helps companies create and measure Facebook marketing campaigns, has gathered a wealth of Facebook-specific data over the years via its statistics portal SocialBakers.

The company has put together this great infographic, offering an overview of Facebook’s growth and population throughout 2010.

Some key stats: (after the jump) → Read More

December 1st, 2010

Pop Quiz: Who Requested Facebook Stats Portal Facebakers To Change Its Name?

Candytech, a Prague, Czech Republic-based marketing firm and Facebook Preferred Developer Consultant, used to run a Facebook statistics portal called Facebakers. Starting today, it will run that same portal under the banner Socialbakers. Guess who urged the company to change the name of its product? Correct! → Read More