Super Bowl XLVI: The PeekScores of the New England Patriots’ Top Players (and Head Coach)

Posted on January 26, 2012 by PeekYou Team

What is PeekScore?: PeekScore is a rank from 1 to 10, assigned to every person. The higher someone’s score, the “more important” they are on the web. In calculating your PeekScore and updating it often, PeekYou takes into account your known presence and activity on the Internet, including but not limited to; your blogging, participation in social networks, the number of your friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content you create, and your prominence in the news. For first time visitors a more in-depth explanation of what the PeekScore is, and how to increase your own, can be found by clicking through here.

This here is one of a pair of entries, assessing the online impacts of the most prominent individuals comprising the two teams who will be facing off against each other in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on February 5, for Super Bowl XLVI. In this entry we look at Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and the current top players for the New England Patriots.

In keeping with the sorts of things we often disclaim, we stress that this is not a commentary on the athletic prowess, wealth, generosity, or manliness of any of the fellows listed here. This is a measurement and comparison of their digital footprints, as quantified on our PeekScore scale (an explanation of which can be found above, or in more detail by clicking here).

We’ll leave it to the sports experts – both armchair and actual – to opine who who’s better or stronger, or who wants it more. We’re a New York company, with a CEO from New England, so it’s best that we just stay out of talk of winners or losers. We can say with some authority, though, that when it comes to digital footprints these two teams are frightfully, evenly matched. If you’d like to see how evenly, you can click through here to see how the Giants’ top players measure up.

Rank	Name	Position	PeekScore
1	Tom Brady	Quarterback	9.42 / 10.00
2	Wes Welker	Wide Receiver	8.95 / 10.00
3	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	Running Back	8.89 / 10.00
4	Aaron Hernandez	Tight End	8.77 / 10.00
5	Bill Belichick	Head Coach	8.59 / 10.00
6	Rob Gronkowski	Tight End	8.46 / 10.00
7	Deion Branch	Wide Receiver	8.43 / 10.00
8	Jerod Mayo	Linebacker	8.20 / 10.00
9	Andre Carter	Defensive End	8.09 / 10.00
10	Patrick Chung	Safety	8.06 / 10.00
11	Kyle Arrington	Cornerback	7.97 / 10.00

Super Bowl XLVI: The PeekScores of the New York Giants’ Top Players (and Head Coach)

Posted on January 26, 2012 by PeekYou Team

What is PeekScore?: PeekScore is a rank from 1 to 10, assigned to every person. The higher someone’s score, the “more important” they are on the web. In calculating your PeekScore and updating it often, PeekYou takes into account your known presence and activity on the Internet, including but not limited to; your blogging, participation in social networks, the number of your friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content you create, and your prominence in the news. For first time visitors a more in-depth explanation of what the PeekScore is, and how to increase your own, can be found by clicking through here.

This here is one of a pair of entries, assessing the online impacts of the most prominent individuals comprising the two teams who will be facing off against each other in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on February 5, for Super Bowl XLVI. In this entry we look at Eli Manning, Tom Coughlin, and the current top players for the New York Giants.

In keeping with the sorts of things we often disclaim, we stress that this is not a commentary on the athletic prowess, wealth, generosity, or manliness of any of the fellows listed here. This is a measurement and comparison of their digital footprints, as quantified on our PeekScore scale (an explanation of which can be found above, or in more detail by clicking here).

We’ll leave it to the sports experts – both armchair and actual – to opine who who’s better or stronger, or who wants it more. We’re a New York company, with a CEO from New England, so it’s best that we just stay out of talk of winners or losers. We can say with some authority, though, that when it comes to digital footprints these two teams are frightfully, evenly matched. If you’d like to see how evenly, you can click through here to see how the Patriots’ top players measure up.

Rank	Name	Position	PeekScore
1	Eli Manning	Quarterback	9.44 / 10.00
2	Jason Pierre-Paul	Defensive End	8.80 / 10.00
3	Brandon Jacobs	Running Back	8.70 / 10.00
4	Hakeem Nicks	Wide Receiver	8.57 / 10.00
5	Ahmad Bradshaw	Running Back	8.47 / 10.00
6	Justin Tuck	Defensive End	8.40 / 10.00
7	Victor Cruz	Wide Receiver	8.36 / 10.00
8	Osi Umenyiora	Defensive End	8.31 / 10.00
9	Tom Coughlin	Head Coach	8.26 / 10.00
10	Antrel Rolle	Safety	8.13 / 10.00
11	Corey Webster	Cornerback	8.05 / 10.00

The Digital Footprints of 2012′s Oscar Nominees for Directing

Posted on January 24, 2012 by PeekYou Team

What is PeekScore?: PeekScore is a rank from 1 to 10, assigned to every person. The higher someone’s score, the “more important” they are on the web. In calculating your PeekScore and updating it often, PeekYou takes into account your known presence and activity on the Internet, including but not limited to; your blogging, participation in social networks, the number of your friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content you create, and your prominence in the news. For first time visitors a more in-depth explanation of what the PeekScore is, and how to increase your own, can be found by clicking through here.

Here’s our second PeekScore list to tie-in with the 84th Academy Awards (you can see the first entry – wherein we rank the acting nominees – here). This time we take a look at the nominees for Best Director.

This list is comprised of three bona fide living legends (and, in our humble opinion, geniuses), a well-established, respected, and previously nominated helmer, and an Oscar newcomer.

As always, we’re not here to grade these men on their filmmaking skills, and we’re not offering odds on their Oscar wins or losses. We’re simply calculating and reporting on where these men stand in terms of the impact they’re each making here in cyberspace. All five have a presence here, but none greater than that of Mr. Allen, who as of this writing is brandishing our ultimate PeekScore of 10. It seems surprising at first glance, perhaps, but if you poke around the Web a bit, you do see that Woody, his life, and his work are mentioned throughout the ether with tremendous frequency; his recent spike in visibility due to awards season only solidifying his cyber-notoriety.

Are you pleased with the Academy’s choices? Who would you rather have seen nominated? Who do you think might win? Who do you think should? Let us know in the comments.

Rank	Name	Nominated For	PeekScore
1	Woody Allen	Midnight in Paris	10.00 / 10.00
2	Martin Scorsese	Hugo	9.54 / 10.00
3	Terrence Malick	The Tree of Life	8.78 / 10.00
4	Alexander Payne	The Descendants	8.39 / 10.00
5	Michel Hazanavicius	The Artist	8.31 / 10.00

The Digital Footprints of 2012′s Oscar Nominees for Acting

Posted on January 24, 2012 by PeekYou Team

What is PeekScore?: PeekScore is a rank from 1 to 10, assigned to every person. The higher someone’s score, the “more important” they are on the web. In calculating your PeekScore and updating it often, PeekYou takes into account your known presence and activity on the Internet, including but not limited to; your blogging, participation in social networks, the number of your friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content you create, and your prominence in the news. For first time visitors a more in-depth explanation of what the PeekScore is, and how to increase your own, can be found by clicking through here.

Among the many things a new year’s dawn brings (wintry months, Super Bowls, Golden Globes, and such and such), little is a source of more brouhaha and hubbub than the Academy Awards. This year is the 84th that Hollywood is throwing this lavish shindig in its own honor, and the nominees to possibly be receiving the statues they’ll be handing out during it have now been announced.

If you’re familiar with our PeekScore blog, you probably can guess what follows next. But let us tell you anyway: First by the appropriate category (actor or actress, primary or supporting), and then followed by a full survey of all 20 acting nominees, we’ve ranked the celebrated men and women by the sizes of their digital footprints (an explanation of which can be found at the start of this entry, and also by clicking through here). We make no statements regarding the qualities of the various performances being recognized, nor are we commenting on the likelihoods of the assorted and inevitable victories and defeats. This is a measurement of how greatly the respective impacts of these men and women are felt here in cyberspace, and how these impacts compare to one another. Let the showbiz pundits opine on that other stuff, we just comment on how much people matter on the Internet.

While the list contains veterans and newcomers, superstars and character actors, everyone nominated surely has a presence here on the web; with the weakest PeekScore still rather reasonable. As awards season has already been underway for a spell, and these names have all been receiving their share of coverage as a result, this is clearly a factor in bolstering the scores of the otherwise lesser knowns.

(After reading through the various categories, scroll through to the bottom to see the full list of all 20 nominees.)

Best Actor

Rank	Name	Nominated For	PeekScore
1	Brad Pitt	Moneyball	10.00 / 10.00
2	George Clooney	The Descendants	10.00 / 10.00
3	Gary Oldman	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	9.20 / 10.00
4	Jean Dujardin	The Artist	9.04 / 10.00
5	Demián Bichir	A Better Life	8.09 / 10.00

Best Actress

Rank	Name	Nominated For	PeekScore
1	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	9.91 / 10.00
2	Michelle Williams	My Week with Marilyn	9.54 / 10.00
3	Rooney Mara	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	9.39 / 10.00
4	Glenn Close	Albert Nobbs	9.31 / 10.00
5	Viola Davis	The Help	8.89 / 10.00

Best Supporting Actor

Rank	Name	Nominated For	PeekScore
1	Kenneth Branagh	My Week with Marilyn	9.27 / 10.00
2	Nick Nolte	Warrior	9.23 / 10.00
3	Christopher Plummer	Beginners	9.20 / 10.00
4	Jonah Hill	Moneyball	9.08 / 10.00
5	Max von Sydow	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	8.84 / 10.00

Best Supporting Actress

Rank	Name	Nominated For	PeekScore
1	Jessica Chastain	The Help	9.02 / 10.00
2	Melissa McCarthy	Bridesmaids	8.74 / 10.00
3	Bérénice Bejo	The Artist	8.42 / 10.00
4	Octavia Spencer	The Help	8.34 / 10.00
5	Janet McTeer	Albert Nobbs	8.14 / 10.00

And here is the full master list, with all 20 nominees sorted by their PeekScores.

1. Brad Pitt - 10.00
2. George Clooney - 10.00
3. Meryl Streep - 9.91
4. Michelle Williams - 9.54
5. Rooney Mara - 9.39
6. Glenn Close - 9.31
7. Kenneth Branagh - 9.27
8. Nick Nolte - 9.23
9. Gary Oldman - 9.20
10. Christopher Plummer - 9.20
11. Jonah Hill - 9.08
12. Jean Dujardin - 9.04
13. Jessica Chastain - 9.02
14. Viola Davis - 8.89
15. Max von Sydow - 8.84
16. Melissa McCarthy - 8.74
17. Bérénice Bejo - 8.42
18. Octavia Spencer - 8.34
19. Janet McTeer - 8.14
20. Demián Bichir - 8.09
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The PeekScores of the Cast of Full House

Posted on January 23, 2012 by PeekYou Team

What is PeekScore?: PeekScore is a rank from 1 to 10, assigned to every person. The higher someone’s score, the “more important” they are on the web. In calculating your PeekScore and updating it often, PeekYou takes into account your known presence and activity on the Internet, including but not limited to; your blogging, participation in social networks, the number of your friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content you create, and your prominence in the news. For first time visitors a more in-depth explanation of what the PeekScore is, and how to increase your own, can be found by clicking through here.

Some have gone on to build mini media and fashion empires, and some have found religion. Some have gone on to have careers on the Broadway stage, and some have found sobriety. Some have, or at least one has, even been revealed (as long suspected) to have inspired the vitriol behind a massive 90s hit record. With this PeekScore list, exploring the digital footprints of the cast of 80s/90s sitcom Full House – shamelessly pandering to the nostalgia of Generation Y as it is – we are not asking “where are they now?” of a boring and/or inactive bunch.

As they are all still active and out in the world, to varying degrees and in different ways, they all maintain an active online presence; with Twitters and/or Facebooks and/or personal websites being pretty much the rule. And the celebrity news and gossip media and the blogosphere have never stopped mentioning this lot either. The Olsens rule the pack, as is reasonable to expect, but the entire cast seems to have made some impression here in the ether.

Are there any beloved (or even hated) TV shows from your youth you’d like to see us give the PeekScore treatment? Are there any cast members or recurring guest stars from Full House we neglected to include below? Let us know in the comments.

Rank	Name	Character	PeekScore
1	Mary-Kate Olsen	Michelle Tanner	9.35 / 10.00
2	Ashley Olsen	Michelle Tanner	9.24 / 10.00
3	John Stamos	Jesse Katsopolis	8.75 / 10.00
4	Bob Saget	Danny Tanner	8.74 / 10.00
5	Lori Loughlin	Becky Katsopolis	8.46 / 10.00
6	Jodie Sweetin	Stephanie Tanner	8.36 / 10.00
7	Dave Coulier	Joey Gladstone	8.07 / 10.00
8	Candace Cameron Bure	D.J. Tanner	7.67 / 10.00
9	Andrea Barber	Kimmy Gibbler	7.42 / 10

Which of America’s Top Radio Personalities Has the Largest Digital Footprint?

Posted on January 23, 2012 by PeekYou Team

What is PeekScore?: PeekScore is a rank from 1 to 10, assigned to every person. The higher someone’s score, the “more important” they are on the web. In calculating your PeekScore and updating it often, PeekYou takes into account your known presence and activity on the Internet, including but not limited to; your blogging, participation in social networks, the number of your friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content you create, and your prominence in the news. For first time visitors a more in-depth explanation of what the PeekScore is, and how to increase your own, can be found by clicking through here.

From the gentle tones of public radio, to the abrasive exclamations of the political talk airwaves, to the anything goes environs of satellite broadcasting, with this PeekScore list we’re taking a look at the online lives and impacts of American radio’s many, varied, and most famous voices.

The controversial gentleman narrowly edging out the competition and topping our list is the host of a reasonably popular syndicated show. Many may be surprised to learn that here in cyberspace he’s the king of the radio pack. However, anyone who frequents political blogs and message boards can tell you that many of Mr. Jones’ fans – who frequently and unabashedly share his worldview and agree with his theories – gather and make their presence known and felt throughout the Web. Indeed, it is here in cyberspace more so than anywhere apart from the airwaves that Alex Jones is clearly a big deal.

Of course, it should be added that PeekScores do change. If we were to run these scores again in a month or two, the enormously influential pundit at number two could quite easily find himself on top, or perhaps the legend at number four would for a moment truly be – as he so often has proclaimed – the King of All Media. But at this time – with many large scores to be found, and a strong Internet presence to be detected for the majority of those named below – these are how the PeekScores stack up.

Is your favorite radio personality included below? If no, who might that be? Any surprises for you here? Any thoughts? Let us know in the comments.

Rank	Name	Show(s)	PeekScore
1	Alex Jones	The Alex Jones Show	9.54 / 10.00
2	Rush Limbaugh	The Rush Limbaugh Show	9.53 / 10.00
3	Glenn Beck	Glenn Beck Program	9.48 / 10.00
4	Howard Stern	The Howard Stern Show	9.45 / 10.00
5	Ryan Seacrest	On Air with Ryan Seacrest, American Top 40	9.42 / 10.00
6	Sean Hannity	The Sean Hannity Show	9.19 / 10.00
7	Dave Ramsey	The Dave Ramsey Show	8.99 / 10.00
8	Mark Levin	Mark Levin Show	8.63 / 10.00
9	Garrison Keillor	A Prairie Home Companion	8.59 / 10.00
10	Ed Schultz	The Ed Schultz Show	8.39 / 10.00
11	Drew Pinsky	Loveline	8.38 / 10.00
12	Michael Medved	The Michael Medved Show	8.30 / 10.00
13	Michael Savage	The Savage Nation	8.29 / 10.00
14	Laura Ingraham	The Laura Ingraham Show	8.27 / 10.00
15	Don Imus	Imus in the Morning	8.21 / 10.00
16	Neal Boortz	The Neal Boortz Show	8.15 / 10.00
17	Ira Glass	This American Life	8.15 / 10.00
18	George Noory	Coast to Coast AM	8.14 / 10.00
19	Dr. Laura Schlesinger	The Dr. Laura Program	8.11 / 10.00
20	Stephanie Miller	The Stephanie Miller Show	8.11 / 10.00
21	Randi Rhodes	The Randi Rhodes Show	8.10 / 10.00
22	Terry Gross	Fresh Air	8.09 / 10.00
23	Michele Norris	All Things Considered	8.02 / 10.00
24	Anthony Cumia	Opie & Anthony	7.80 / 10.00
25	Gregg “Opie” Hughes	Opie & Anthony	7.45 / 10.00
26	Delilah	Love Songs with Delilah	7.18 / 10.00

Which of the World’s Top Models has the Largest Digital Footprint?

Posted on January 17, 2012 by PeekYou Team

Rank	Name	Bio	PeekScore
1	Kate Moss	Known for personifying the much decried and fretted over waif/”heroin chic” look which was popular in the 90s	10.00 / 10.00
2	Heidi Klum	World-famous swimsuit and lingerie model, and co-host of Project Runway	10.00 / 10.00
3	Adriana Lima	Long-standing Victoria’s Secret model, and spokesmodel for Maybeline	9.98 / 10.00
4	Gisele Bündchen	Absurdly highly-paid model, who Forbes once said might become the first billionaire supermodel	9.82 / 10.00
5	Alessandra Ambrósio	Model for Victoria’s Secret, Armani Exchange, and Christian Dior. Also, a spokesperson for the Multiple Sclerosis Society	9.66 / 10.00
6	Candice Swanepoel	Victoria’s Secret model, has appeared on Forbes’ “Top Paid models” and FHM’s “Sexiest Women” lists	9.14 / 10.00
7	Lara Stone	Featured in this year’s Pirelli Calendar photographed by Mario Sorrenti	8.73 / 10.00
8	Natalia Vodianova	Star of the soon to be released film “Belle du Seigneur,” and innvolved in numerous philanthropic endeavors	8.68 / 10.00
9	Carolyn Murphy	38 year old veteran, still demanding top money; even earning a spot on last year’s Forbes “Top Paid Models” list	8.63 / 10.00
10	Daria Werbowy	Ukraine born spokesmodel for Lancôme	8.58 / 10.00

Which of 2011′s Top Recording Artists Has the Highest PeekScore?

Posted on January 16, 2012 by PeekYou Team

What is PeekScore?: PeekScore is a rank from 1 to 10, assigned to every person. The higher someone’s score, the “more important” they are on the web. In calculating your PeekScore and updating it often, PeekYou takes into account your known presence and activity on the Internet, including but not limited to; your blogging, participation in social networks, the number of your friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content you create, and your prominence in the news.

While none but pop music’s very biggest stars sell recordings in anything like the quantities of the pop stars of 15-20 years ago, pop music itself looms as large in the culture as ever. Below is a list of 2011′s top recording artists ranked not according to the quantity of units they moved, but according to the sizes of their digital footrpints.

Of all the popular artists, from all the popular media, none – with the possible exception of athletes – have taken to social networking the way pop musicians have. While the PeekScore is a measurement of an individual’s overall digital footrpint – taking in to consideration all aspects of one’s online life, both active and passive – it surely doesn’t hurt your score to generate your own content, and most of those below are doing plenty of just that (or are having it done on their behalves). Between this and their mostly enormous celebrities – particularly receiving attention in the youth driven music and gossip blogospheres – there’s not a meager PeekScore to be found below.

It will be no surprise to anyone familiar with the internet’s assorted celebrity fixations to see that this list’s top three names all are accompanied by a PeekScore of 10. Within that lofty peak of “Peek” there are subtle gradations, and these three do – as of this writing – fall into line, in sequence as you see below; meaning Gaga’s 10 is slightly bigger than Bieber’s, and so forth. (PeekScores do change over time, and if we were to refresh this list a month from now things might shake out slightly differently.)

Who were some of your favorite recording artists of 2011? Do you have any ideas for other pop music related lists you’d like to see us do? Let us know in the comments.

Rank	Name	Recent Releases	PeekScore
1	Lady Gaga	Born This Way	10.00 / 10
2	Justin Bieber	My World 2.0, Under the Mistletoe	10.00 / 10
3	Taylor Swift	Speak Now	10.00 / 10
4	Lil’ Wayne	Tha Carter IV	9.99 / 10
5	Michael Bublé	Crazy Love: Hollywood Edition, Christmas	9.98 / 10
6	Jason Aldean	My Kinda Party	9.47 / 10
7	Adele	21	9.34 / 10
8	Drake	Take Care, Thank Me Later	9.11 / 10
9	Marcus Mumford (of Mumford & Sons)	Sigh No More	9.03 / 10
10	Charles Kelley (of Lady Antebellum)	Own the Night, Need You Now	8.10 / 10

The PeekScores of 2012′s Golden Globe Award Winners

Posted on January 16, 2012 by PeekYou Team

What is PeekScore?: PeekScore is a rank from 1 to 10, assigned to every person. The higher someone’s score, the “more important” they are on the web. In calculating your PeekScore and updating it often, PeekYou takes into account your known presence and activity on the Internet, including but not limited to; your blogging, participation in social networks, the number of your friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content you create, and your prominence in the news.

While no one’s 100% clear on who entirely comprises the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, what their credentials actually are, or how precisely their awards show came to be such a big deal, it is now simply an accepted fact that annually the mysterious HFPA throws a big party to give out trophies. Just as reliably, the most gigantic celebrities of the big and small screens – rarely the sorts to refuse accolades, no matter how dubious – show up to collect them.

With 2012 still in its early stages, the time was right for the inevitable Golden Globe Awards, and a ceremony did surely occur. Below are the acting award winners, in all the major categories, plus the Best Director and Best Screenwriter winners just to keep things a smidgen more interesting. We’ve ranked them, from highest to lowest, by the size of their PeekScores (which, as explained above and throughout the blog is how we here at PeekYou provide an at-a-glance assessment of an individual’s digital footprint).

Our fella at number one will surprise no one, we suspect. However the living legend at number two surely surprised those of us here at the PeekScore offices, for brandishing such a large score. But if you poke around the web a bit you’ll see the number makes sense. Although it nearly goes without saying that he has very little to do with actively impacting cyberspace or his presence within it, the internet clearly has no shortage of things to say about Mr. Allen, his life, and his work.

Are there any surprises for you below? Were there any surprises for you at the awards ceremony? Let us know in the comments.

Rank	Name	Won the Globe For	PeekScore
1	George Clooney	The Descendants	10.00 / 10
2	Woody Allen	Midnight in Paris	9.99 / 10
3	Meryl Streep	The Iron Lady	9.91 / 10
4	Kate Winslet	Mildred Pierce	9.87 / 10
5	Martin Scorsese	Hugo	9.54 / 10
6	Michelle Williams	My Week With Marilyn	9.54 / 10
7	Christopher Plummer	Beginners	9.20 / 10
8	Idris Elba	Luther	9.07 / 10
9	Jean Dujardin	The Artist	9.05 / 10
10	Kelsey Grammer	Boss	9.04 / 10
11	Jessica Lange	American Horror Story	9.03 / 10
12	Laura Dern	Enlightened	8.87 / 10
13	Claire Danes	Homeland	8.80 / 10
14	Matt LeBlanc	Episodes	8.64 / 10
15	Peter Dinklage	Game of Thrones	8.42 / 10
16	Octavia Spencer	The Help	8.34 / 10

The PeekScores of the World’s Richest People

Posted on January 10, 2012 by PeekYou Team

Rank	Name	Bio	PeekScore
1	Bill Gates	Founder, Microsoft	10.00 / 10.00
2	Warren Buffett	CEO, Berkshire Hathaway	9.19 / 10.00
3	Larry Ellison	CEO, Oracle	8.97 / 10.00
4	Mukesh Ambani	Chairman, Reliance Industries	8.50 / 10.00
5	Eike Batista	CEO, EBX Group	8.36 / 10.00
6	Carlos Slim Helú	Chairman, Telmex	8.30 / 10.00
7	Bernard Arnault	Chairman, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy	8.23 / 10.00
8	Lakshmi Mittal	Chairman, ArcelorMittal ADS	8.20 / 10.00
9	Amancio Ortega	Chariman, Spanish Inditex	8.13 / 10.00
10	Christy Walton	Widow of John T. Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton	7.51 / 10.00