Burst Insights team up with WePlay to launch Premier League Social Video Index
To celebrate the return of the world’s most compelling football division, we’ve joined forces with Digital Engagement Agency WePlay to launch the definitive ‘Premier League Social Video Index.’
As the Premier League’s global popularity and financial might grows, so has the influence of online video content. 1/3 of all online activity is being spent watching video, a tremendous statistic and with so much video content now available, the key questions being asked are around which brands are seeing the most success from their video output.
This question led to the creation of the official Premier League Social Video Index, a scoring system, which showcases the off-field winners and giants of short form video. The index sees the on-field champions Leicester City down in 12th position and Manchester United, who are not even in the Champions League, climb to the Number One spot.
Each brand is ranked by the Burst Engagement Score, a unique algorithm developed by Burst Insights. It works by analysing all the available social engagement metrics a brand profile has received, applying a video post frequency rating and benchmarking it against the top performing profile in our database, to create a single score metric between 1 and 100.
The Top 5 is not hugely surprising and broadly reflects — sorry Tottenham — the accepted Premier League powers of Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City. But, as Leicester showed last year, there are no guarantees in the Premier League.
What impact will every Mourinho tantrum, Klopp quote and Guardiola masterclass have on the table? Stay tuned and find out throughout the season.
Luca Massaro, Chief Executive of WePlay added, “Short form video has caused a seismic change in the way we all consume sports content. The landscape is constantly shifting and as the biggest league in the world, the Premier League provides us with an exciting opportunity to see just how influential social video has become and what commercial opportunity it presents for brands. Working with Burst Insights will help enable us to supply this tangible insight to the sports sector.”
Simon Bibby, Head of Research at Burst Insights concludes, “Short social video content has become a major player in sports marketing in the past twelve months. Manchester United took that to a new level this week, announcing the signing of Paul Pogba to the world through a ten second Twitter teaser video. Despite this, there remains a lack of insight into how the social video performance of sports clubs is impacting their brand. We are delighted to be launching the Premier League Social Video Index with WePlay to track fan engagement throughout the season.”
About the Index
The Premier League Social Video Index is powered by Burst Insights, a social video intelligence company. Each week, Burst Insight’s analyses the engagement generated through videos posted by football clubs to their fans. The goal is to benchmark the content marketing performance of each club throughout the 2016/17 Premier League season. This Index reveals who is top of the short social video table and on which platform (Instagram, Twitter and Vine) each club is showing winning form or falling behind the competition.
About WePlay
WePlay are an independent agency and one of the UK’s leading digital engagement specialists, operating at the intersection of where sport meets technology. Working with both rights holders and brands, WePlay deliver digital strategies and creative activations that are designed to convert communities into customers.
Clients include Welsh Rugby Union, Aston Villa, Red Bull, Yokohama Tyres, Cage Warriors, Six Day London, Aspire and the European Aquatics Championships.
About Burst Insights
Burst Insights is a social video intelligence company that provides strategic recommendations to brands looking to influence the mobile first generation. Through its campaign analysis reports and Discovery Platform analytics, Burst Insights generates unique insight into the world of short social video, which typically ranges from six to sixty seconds.
The Burst Insights Discovery Platform is the first strategic marketing tool of its kind that enables users to rank, watch, tag and benchmark short social video content, all in one place.
