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Gnip Delivers 30 Billion Social Media Activities Monthly

By TechTaffy Desk

As of the end of October, Gnip is delivering over 30 billion paid social media activities per month to customers, says Jud Valeski, Co-Founder and CEO of the company.  This is the largest number of paid social media activities that have ever been distributed in a 30 day period by Gnip.

At the start of 2011, Gnip was delivering 300 million activities per month, says the company.  By May, that number was up to 3 billion activities per month.  And in October, the company delivered 30 billion activities.

Gnip recently added Google+ to its list of real time social data sources.

Founded in 2008, Gnip delivers social media data to customers. Investors in the company include The Foundry Group, SoftTech VC, and First Round Capital.

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