I’ve been paying a fair amount of attention to Apple’s 100 Million iTunes Songs Countdown recently, as it’s been getting closer & closer to the 100 million goal.
I happened to be awake during the final moments of the contest, and the numbers were pretty amazing. In under two hours, Apple sold over 100,000 songs. The numbers shown on Apple’s home page built up quickly:
Time: 11:46 PM
Songs: 99,914,861
Time: 11:51 PM
Songs: 99,918,298
Time: 11:54 PM
Songs: 99,921,272
Time: 11:59 PM
Songs: 99,924,431
Time: 12:02 AM
Songs: 99,927,264
In that 16 minute time period, Apple sold over 12,400 songs. That’s an average of over 775 per minute.
Honestly, I’m impressed. This is huge for Apple.