Which of the World’s Most Eligible Bachelors has the Largest Digital Footprint?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by PeekYou Team

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We here at the PeekScore blog don’t concern ourselves, traditionally, with contemplating the varying degrees to which this unattached gentleman or that is or is not “eligible.” We’re not particularly eager to see the world married off, and we don’t – for varying reasons – harbor much in the way of fantasies of being swept off our feet by handsome playboys and/or roguish princes. We don’t necessarily consider ourselves out of our depth here, as we’re not entirely without opinions on such things, but for the most part we remain ambivalent. So, please take this list in the spirit intended.

Some of these fellas are in longstanding relationships, and others are well known for not laying their heads in one place for long. The defining characteristics here are only that each of these men is unmarried and that each is some combination of incredibly wealthy and/or handsome (degrees of each do vary rather dramatically, and perception of the latter is subject to the eye of the beholder). In short, those who make it their business to assess these things more earnestly than we, often include these men when compiling their own lists of this nature.

But, we do not rate the superhunks, we do not judge the self-made men vs. those born into their fortunes (and sometimes their looks), nor do we speculate as to how gentle or kind this billionaire or that movie star might be. We rate the digital footprints of individuals (an explanation of which can be found above or by clicking through here), and that’s what we’ve done here today.

Are there any “eligible bachelors” we should have included instead? Do any of these PeekScores surprise you? Let us know in the comments.

Rank	Name	Bio	PeekScore
1	Mark Zuckerberg	CEO and Founder of Facebook	10.00 / 10.00
2	George Clooney	Oscar winning actor and director	9.99 / 10.00
3	Kanye West	Rapper and record producer	9.98 / 10.00
4	Leonardo DiCaprio	Oscar nominated movie star	9.76 / 10.00
5	Ryan Seacrest	TV and radio host, and producer	9.42 / 10.00
6	André Balazs	Millionaire hoteleier and real estate developer	8.40 / 10.00
7	Prince Harry of Wales	Son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and Iraq war veteran	8.20 / 10.00
8	Stravros Niarchos III	Greek shipping heir	8.06 / 10.00
9	Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees third baseman	8.04 / 10.00
10	Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland	Crown Prince of Sweden	7.33 / 10.00

PeekScore Competitions: Top Paid Athletes, Male vs. Female

Posted on November 30, 2011 by PeekYou Team

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A “Battle of the Sexes” seems a bit of a dated concept, we’ll admit. It smacks of the 1970s, when such contests were staged in an effort to commercially exploit the Women’s liberation movement. Some such spectacles had legitimate historical, symbolic significance – such as when Billie Jean King faced off against Bobby Riggs – but in general it seems we’re a bit past such overt “us vs. them” thinking in addressing the various, still vividly existing disparities in our culture in how each gender is regarded and generally treated.

While the PeekScore blog has by no means in the past wholesale resisted passing observation and relatively lighthearted commentary on the realities of our patriarchal world, we’re not here to preach. Really, the pairing of this installment of PeekScore Competitions was inspired by nothing so much as the simple fact that the two groups already existed, all lumped-together, nicely packaged, listed and ready to be used by us.

Back in June, Forbes shared with we of the eternally fascinated middle-class their list of the year’s Top Paid Athletes. We gave these handsomely remunerated sportspersons a moment of our PeekScore time, and all was right with the world. However, at least in part due to the above referenced disparities in our culture (which we promised not to dwell on here), the list was also a de facto list of the year’s top paid male athletes. Aware of this, evidently, Forbes has just released their list of the year’s highest paid female athletes. So, for fun, and because you folks seem to dig our PeekScore rankings of the top-paid thises or thats, and you seem to get a kick out of our competitions pairings, we’ve updated the men’s list’s scores (and they did change some) and pitted the dudes against the ladies.

While we needn’t even leave you to guess over which group made more money (again, we’ll steer clear of further commentary), when it comes to digital footprints it may not be so clear to which team the higher numbers belong. So, let us start by looking at the women.

TOP PAID FEMALE ATHLETES

Rank	Name	Earnings from July ’10 – July ’11	PeekScore
1	Serena Williams	$10.5 million	10.00 / 10.00
2	Maria Sharapova	$25 million	10.00 / 10.00
2	Danica Patrick	$12 million	9.88 / 10.00
4	Venus Williams	$11.5 million	9.00 / 10.00
5	Caroline Wozniacki	$12.5 million	8.25 / 10.00
6	Kim Clijsters	$11 million	8.25 / 10.00
7	Ana Ivanovic	$6 million	8.24 / 10.00
8	Kim Yu-na	$10 million	8.22 / 10.00
9	Paula Creamer	$5.5 million	8.21 / 10.00
10	Li Na	$8 million	7.27 / 10.00

AVERAGE PEEKSCORE: 8.73

This list, dominated by tennis players, shows a very web savvy bunch. Enormously popular Twitter accounts and Facebook pages exist for the majority, and robust personal sites and strong media coverage are the norm throughout as well. In general, when it comes to the PeekScore thing, it would be tough to find too many other groupings who would fare much better. Female tennis players – as well as at least some race car drivers, golfers, and figure skaters – are apparently well and fully aware of social media’s place in our modern world, and are not shy about participating in that sphere.

But what of the boys? Well, rather than belabor the point, or make any clumsy jokes, it’s probably for the best that we just see for ourselves.

TOP PAID MALE ATHLETES

Rank	Name	Earnings from May ’10 – May ’11	PeekScore
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	$38 million	10.00 / 10.00
2	LeBron James	$48 million	9.32 / 10.00
3	Tiger Woods	$75 million	9.26 / 10.00
4	Lionel Messi	$32.3 million	9.03 / 10.00
5	Roger Federer	$47 million	8.95 / 10.00
6	David Beckham	$40 million	8.84 / 10.00
7	Kobe Bryant	$53 million	8.76 / 10.00
8	Michael Schumacher	$34 million	8.05 / 10.00
9	Alex Rodriguez	$35 million	8.04 / 10.00
10	Phil Mickelson	$46.5 million	7.62 / 10.00

AVERAGE PEEKSCORE: 8.88
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PeekYou Ranks Sports Illustrated’s List of the Top-Earning American Athletes by PeekScore

Posted on August 12, 2010 by PeekYou

PeekYou has ranked by PeekScore, Sports Illustrated‘s top-earning American athletes. This list is not a ranking by ability, salary, winnings, endorsements or popularity, but rather by the size of their digital footprint; their PeekScore. See Sports Illustrated‘s complete article here.