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"The BBC, The Huffington Post and The Guardian are the three most viral news sources on Facebook and Twitter, according to a new report.\nThe rankings, compiled by Dublin-based Newswhip, were determined by the number of stories that received more than 100 Twitter mentions and more than 100 Facebook Likes in January. Sites with paywalls, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Financial Times were not included.\nThe BBC led the pack on Twitter, publishing 2,621 stories that received more than 100 mentions. The Guardian ranked second with 1,149 mentions, followed by Mashable (1,098), the Huffington Post (895) and TechCrunch (716).\nInterestingly, 12 of the 25 most popular news sources on Twitter are new media companies with no offline predecessor. Equally interesting was the number of tech blogs that made the top 25, given the relatively low story output compared to, say, The Huffington Post or the BBC.\nOn Facebook, The Huffington Post took the lead by a large margin. Some 2,267 stories received more than 100 Facebook Likes in January, more than ABC, Fox News, MSNBC and The Washington Post combined. The BBC followed suit with 1,361 stories. The Guardian (1,130), The Daily Mail (977) and ABC (615) rounded out the top five.\nTwo main trends emerged from the Facebook numbers. One, the popularity of UK news sites. Three of the top five news sites on Facebook are UK-based. Another, The Telegraph, was number 11. The second was the prevalence of gossip sites in the top 25, including, as mentioned, The Daily Mail, as well as Jezebel, Perez Hilton and People. TMZ (28) and The Sun (32) followed close behind.\n\nThumbnail image courtesy of iStockphoto, RomanOkopny"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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