What’s Hot on Digg [Infographic]

by Hasan Saleem on August 2, 2010 · 10 comments

In some niches (namely technology, news, and entertainment — although there are others), Digg is still a top player in the social media world. Getting your story or blog post on Digg’s front page can equal a boatload of traffic. And despite the fact that many have said they have a hard time converting this kind of Digg-rush into much else (ad revenue or regular readers for example), site owners still do everything they can to claw their way to that front page status.

If your site or company wants to get to the front page of Digg you know you have to create content that others want to share. But what kind of content should that be? We had the below infographic put together to help you out. We’ll take a look at Digg trends from the last month (June 15, 2010 – July 15, 2010), showing you Digg’s most popular topics, most-Dugg sites and what the power users are sharing.

Notes — Please remember to include a link to SocialImplications.com or this post if you share this image, and please do not alter this image before posting or sharing it in any way. Statistics included in this infographic represent data from June 15, 2010 – July 15, 2010 as gathered by Info Graphic World from sources including SocialBlade.com and Digg.com.

Do you have any tips you’d like to share on getting your site’s content to the front page of Digg? Do you even care if your content is Dugg? Leave a comment and let us know what you think.

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Andy @ FirstFound August 4, 2010 at 10:12 am

The Telegraph is a strange one to see. It’s not even the UK’s biggest newspaper.

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Jennifer Mattern August 11, 2010 at 9:30 am

All it means is that either they’re better at creating linkbait-worthy headlines that people naturally want to share, or it happens to be a top source for folks in Digg’s specific market, even if not for the general public.

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William - Semto August 6, 2010 at 5:18 am

JayBol has a rather large Mint.com number of submissions, anyone else think there could be some foul play here?

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Nick Bielawski December 25, 2011 at 7:26 pm

It just shows that the big well known media outlets aren’t always first with a story or creating “digg” worthy content.

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Louie Ramos August 10, 2010 at 7:56 pm

I am surprised how low NY Times is, but overall nice infographic! Also just a suggestion, why don’t you use small caps in your website so instead of SocialImplications (with a slightly shorter I) , just do socialimplications its less confusing to people. All the best

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Jennifer Mattern August 11, 2010 at 9:29 am

The logo is already lowercase, so I’m not sure where you mean.

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