Stripe can process payments in 139 currencies

"As the internet’s global reach grows, Stripe users increasingly sell to worldwide audiences. Companies like DailyMotion in Paris, HubSpot in Boston, and Shopify in Ottawa build products that are popular everywhere, not just in their home markets.
Starting today, businesses using Stripe in the US and Europe can accept payments in 139 currencies. You can create charges in any of these currencies, and we'll automatically handle converting and transferring funds to you in your home currency. Currency conversion incurs a 2% fee atop market exchange rates."

Source:  Stripe Blog, 11th February 2014

1.5 billion photos are uploaded to Google+ each week

"Matt Cooke, product marketing manager for Google+, says that Google+ has 540 million monthly active users, 300 million of which view their Google+ content stream at some time during the month, while 1.5 billion photos are uploaded to the site every week. "Slowly but surely we are getting a feeling that there's a real momentum, but it is still early days and there are plenty of opportunities to grow and add new features and make them easier to use," he says."

Source:  The Guardian, 5th February 2014

The Guardian produces up to 400 pieces of online content a day

"Last year the Guardian had 84 million unique readers every month but its third-party analytics tool only provided traffic data with a four-hour time lag broken down per hour. Most Guardian journalists and editors didn’t even have access to that data. This made life difficult for the newspaper’s digital audience manager, Chris Moran. One of his responsibilities was SEO for 400 pieces of content the Guardian can produce in a day."
Source:  FastCoLabs, 6th February 2014
Note - this will include news stories, blog posts, reviews, and so on, but I'm guessing doesn't include photos.  I'm also assuming that it's a global figure, including the UK, US and other editions

Yelp's platform is generating over 10,000 food orders a week

"Yelp reported significant revenue growth vs 2012. The company announced $70.7 million revenue for Q4 2013. That represented 72 percent growth vs. the same period a year ago. For the full year, Yelp said that revenues hit $233 million, compared with $137.6 million in 2012.
Other numbers presented today:
53 million total reviews (30 percent of new reviews can from mobile devices)
120 million monthly uniques
53 million mobile uniques
67,000 active local business accounts
The company also said that the Yelp Platform is “now generating over 10,000 food orders each week.” For Q1 2014 the company expects to make between $73.5 million and $74.5 million. Full year 2014 revenues are projected to be $353 million to $358 million."

Source:  Yelp's Q4 2013 results, reported on the Screenwerk blog, 5th February 2014

Mobile accounts for more than 75% of Twitter's ad revenue

"Average Monthly Active Users (MAUs) were 241 million as of December, 31, 2013, an increase of 30% year-over-year.
Mobile MAUs reached 184 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, an increase of 37% year-over-year, representing 76% of total MAUs.
Timeline views reached 148 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013, an increase of 26% year-over-year.
Advertising revenue per thousand timeline views reached $1.49 in the fourth quarter of 2013, an increase of 76% year-over-year.
[...]
Revenue - Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2013 totaled $243 million, an increase of 116% compared to $112 million in the same period last year.
Advertising revenue totaled $220 million, an increase of 121% year-over-year.
Mobile advertising revenue was more than 75% of total advertising revenue.
Data licensing and other revenue totaled $23 million, an increase of 80% year-over-year.
International revenue totaled $66 million, an increase of 200% year-over-year. International revenue was 27% of total revenue."
Source:  Twitter's Q4 2013 Results, 5th February 2014

Facebook saw 185 million Super Bowl 2014-related interactions on the night of the game

"Even during a historic blowout, Facebook drew 50 million people and had more than 185 million interactions related to the Super Bowl last night.
Injury-plagued all year, Seahawks receiver Percy Harvin’s 87-yard kickoff return at the beginning of the second half topped the night on Facebook. Next was Jermaine Kearse catching a 23-yard touchdown pass to extend Seattle¹s lead 36."

Source:  Lost Remote, 3rd February 2014

31 of the 54 national Super Bowl 2014 TV ads had hashtags

"Our scoreboard at the top of this article has the final count, but here’s the summary with percentages, based on a total of 54 national ads reviewed:
Hashtags: 31 total, 57% of ads overall
Facebook: 5 total, 9% of ads overall
Twitter: 4 total, 7% of ads overall
YouTube: 3 total, 6% of ads overall
Shazam: 2 total, 4% of ads overall
URLs: 22 total, 41% of ads overall"

Source:  MarketingLand, 2nd February 2014

The Super Bowl 2014 generated 1.8 billion Twitter TV Impressions

"There’s nothing quite like watching the Super Bowl—or jumping into the conversation about it on Twitter. And this year’s big game had plenty of action—both on the field and across social media channels. According to Nielsen SocialGuide, Tweets in the U.S. about Sunday's telecast of Super Bowl XLVIII on FOX reached a Unique Audience on Twitter of 15.3 million people, garnering a total of 1.8 billion Twitter TV impressions throughout the night. Twitter activity peaked during the event at 10:00 p.m. with a total of 301,400 Tweets sent during the minute"

Source:  Nielsen, 3rd February 2014

Mobile accounts for 20% of eCommerce transactions

"Global provider of international and omni-channel payment solutions Ayden recently announced the results of its third Ayden Mobile Payments Index, which covered the period from September to December 2013. The data shows what many other studies have been revealing as of late: that mobile commerce is indeed on the rise. Mobile payments accounted for 19.5 percent of all transactions worldwide in December, up from 12.6 percent last December. This was a growth of 55 percent year-over-year. The index looked at the volume and value of mobile payments in five industries: travel, digital goods, gaming, retail, and ticketing. In particular, Ayden determined the retail industry’s mobile transaction volume has risen by 23 percent.
The index also shows that, in general, retail industry consumers choose tablet devices over smartphones and even PCs in certain cases to make larger purchases. For retail, tablet transaction volume stood at 16 percent, compared to smartphones, which had a transaction volume of only 7 percent. Ayden interprets these results as an indication that the retail industry, compared to the other vertical industries, has done the best job of improving the tablet user experience.
Ayden also found that Apple devices were the most popular platform for mobile payments through the months of September to December. During those four months, 41 percent of mobile transactions occurred on iPads and roughly 32 percent of transactions went through the iPhone. However, Android has continued to rise in popularity. In the month of December, Android devices captured a 38.6 percent share of mobile transactions, compared to the iPhone’s 60 percent share. Indeed, iPhone mobile transactions have steadily begun to decrease since April 2013, going from 68.5 percent in April to 62.5 percent in August, ending at 60 percent in December. On the other hand, Android has steadily been achieving a larger share of mobile transactions since April 2013 when it only accounted for 30.7 percent."

Source:  Data from Ayden, reported by Retail Solutions Online, 3rd February 2014

Top BBC iPlayer Programmes of 2013

"Top BBC iPlayer programmes, 2013
1 Top Gear: series 19, Africa Special, part 1 – 3,422,000
2 Top Gear: series 19, episode 1 – 3,220,000
3 Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor – 3,144,000
4 Bad Education: series 2, episode 1 – 2,907,000
5 Top Gear: series 19, Africa Special, part 2 – 2,764,000
6 Top Gear: series 20, episode 1 – 2,649,000
7 Top Gear: series 19, episode 2 – 2,625,000
8 Africa: episode 1 – 2,617,000
9 Doctor Who: The Bells of Saint John – 2,610,000
10 Madagascar – 2,417,000
11 Miranda: series 3, episode 2 – 2,406,000
12 The Voice UK: series 2, episode 1 – 2,379,000
13 Bad Education: series 2, episode 2 – 2,359,000
14 Top Gear: series 20, episode 2 – 2,322,000
15 Top Gear: series 20, episode 4 – 2,311,000
16 Miranda: series 3, episode 3 – 2,304,000
17 Doctor Who: The Rings of Akhaten 2,289,000
18 Top Gear: series 20, episode 5 – 2,260,000
19 Top Gear: series 19, episode 5 – 2,226,000
20 Top Gear: series 19 episode 4 – 2,224,000"

Source:  The Guardian, 29th January 2014

European Digital Landscape 2014

Social, Digital & Mobile in Europe from We Are Social Singapore

WeChat processed 10 million messages in a minute during Chinese New Year

"The team behind WeChat, China’s behemoth mobile messaging app, released a short infographic yesterday reporting user activity on the eve of the Lunar New Year.
Noting that activity in mainland China peaked from 10PM to to 12AM, WeChat states that it processed 10 million messages in one minute.
That figure dwarfs the one released by Sina Weibo, which stated that it processed 863,000 tweets within a single minute on the same day.
Granted, it’s not entirely appropriate to make exact comparisons without seeing numbers and timelines side-by-side, and the two social networks serve slightly different purposes (WeChat works better as a person-to-person messaging app, while Sina Weibo is more open and public).
WeChat also states that on the eve of the Lunar New Year, Beijing was the most active region in China, followed by Guangdong, Zhejiang, Liaoning, and Jiangsu provinces. Collectively, activity from users in these regions accounted for 42 percent of WeChat’s global activity.
Meanwhile, users sent twice as many and received three times as many messages on the eve of the Lunar New Year in 2014 compared to the same event last year. WeChat also notes that it saw a significant rise in the number of video messages it processed, which it attributes to the “quiet arrival” of 4G in China."

Source:  TechInAsia, 3rd February 2014