As the world continues to obsess about all things Charlie Sheen, I couldn’t help but notice that he actually replied to a couple tweets from comedians in the past couple days. Charlie’s Twitter account is now up to almost 1.5 million followers, so I assumed that anybody lucky enough to get him to respond to them would probably see a nice uptick in their own followers.
To test my theory, I went to TwitterCounter.com and checked the stats for comedians Natasha Leggero and Paul Scheer, both of whom were referenced in Sheen tweets. Sure enough, both saw big gains in followers the past couple days.
Here’s a chart for Natasha’s account that shows she’s added 3,558 new followers (as of now) in the two days since Sheen referenced her account:
And here’s a chart showing that Scheer has added 6,347 new followers since he got a Sheen plug:
So that means according this incredibly small sample size, getting Charlie Sheen to reference you on Twitter will get you about 4,900 new followers. Let the @CharlieSheen tweeting commence!
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Realistically, shouldn’t this be looked at in percentages? I.E. if you’re an established comedian like Paul Scheer and start with 133,000 followers you’ll end up with 148,500. Where as, if you’re like most of us and start with a low amount of followers, say 133, with a non-established background, you’ll end up with 149 new followers?
Unless the 4,900 new followers are made out of porn bots and marketing gurus.