The Success Exercise

Here are my findings for the Success Exercise:

top gross movie	avatar 2,770,000,000
top profit movie	blair witch 414,398%	titanic  917%
top sell/rent DVD	nemo – combined 300 mill	Pirates 3  320 mill$ 16.7 mill units  all DVD
top download movie	avatar
top book	Bible 6 billion	Mao's Red Book 1 billion	tale of two 200 million
top song	Candle in the Wind 1997 Elton John 33 million	White Christmas Bing Crosby 30 million	Silent Night Bing Crosby 30 million
top singers	Beatles	Elvis	Michael Jackson
top download song I-Tunes	I got a feeling black-eyed peas	Poker Face Lady Gaga	Boom Boom Pow Black-Eyed Peas
top digital game	Wii Sports 42 million	Super Mario Bros 40 million	Pokemon, RGB 31 million units
top tv show	Michael Jackson Funeral 3.5 bill	English Premiere League 1.2 bill/wk	Spring Festival Gala 700 mill – 1 bill/yr
top tv download	Lost final 2 episodes
top music album	Thriller MJ 110 million	Back in Black AC/DC 49 mill	Pink Floyd 45 mil Dark Side of Moon
top newspaper circulation	Yomiuri Shinbun 14,067,000	The Asahi Shinbun 12,121,000	Mainichi Shinbun 5,587,000
top rev web company	Google 23,650,000,000	Yahoo 6,460,000,000	AOL 3,257,000,000
top hits website	Google	Facebook	YouTube
top registered users website	Facebook	YouTube
top YouTube vid	Justin Bieber Baby 344,194,152	Lady Gaga  Bad Romance 287,254,587	Charlie Bit My Finger 234,951,237
top pop face page	TX holdem 24,636,520	Facebook 21,384,652	Michael Jackson 21,225,498
top blog	Han Han China 300,000,000	Huffington Post 28,000,000	TMZ 17,000,000
top free online game	Bubble Shooter	X Men v. Street Fighter	Bejeweled
top subs online game	World of Warcraft 12,000,000	Habbo Hotel 7,500,00	RuneScape 5,000,000
top selling iPhone app	Scrabble or Angry Birds 7,000,000	Bejeweled 2 or Doodle Jump 6,900,000	Flick Fishing or Bejeweled 2 4,000,000

I altered some of the categories as the searching was not simple.  I also checked many different resources.  


The key in the search is not trusting any one source two easily.  The first step is to figure out is the source is selling something that might be related to their report of the best.  The second step is determine if your source is trustworthy, are they honest about how the data was found, do they talk about where there might be errors, do they footnote their statements and provide references to show they have done some research.  The third step is to find multiple sources that  provide the same or very similar information.  The final step is to decide if the information you found is worth passing along to other people, if it doesn't feel right don't report it to others.


- Dr. W -