Happy Birthday AddThis!

October 11th, 2011 by Dominique Vonarburg in Milestones

This month, we celebrate five years of sharing with AddThis.  It began with a simple idea – make bookmarking and sharing easier.  After a few months of coding, AddThis was born.  At first, it was a single button with a few bookmarking services used by a few small publishers.  But it quickly spread across the web and we started to see some interesting trends in how and what people share.  With that information in hand, we introduced sharing analytics to offer this same insight to publishers.

In 2008, AddThis became part of Clearspring.  Our vision was simple – create the web’s sharing platform.  It took a lot of work, but together with you guys, we really made a dent in this goal.  AddThis is now the largest content sharing platform on the web.  Used by 10 million websites reaching over 1.2 billion people each month, the platform enables users to easily share to over 300 sharing destinations in over 70 languages.  We are truly a global platform.  Our in-house data processing capabilities, coupled with this huge reach, has put us in a great position to serve publishers in new and unique ways.  This year, we introduced real-time analytics and the ability to track sharing that occurs via copy/paste actions on the address bar.  The new suite of analytics helps publishers understand how people interact with their content right now, what their interests and influences are, and how they can increase engagement and social reach.  With this same technology, we can derive insight into consumer interests and deliver more relevant advertising to users across the web.  And that’s just the beginning.

Thank you so much for your loyalty and support over these last five years. It’s been an amazing ride and we are excited to work with you to have an even better next five years.  In honor of our birthday, please enjoy this tasty infographic that captures some of what we’ve learned about sharing over the last half decade.  Enjoy!

 

Note: We have replaced the originally posted infographic to reflect the correct number of unqiue users in 2008 to 330M.

 

72 Responses to “Happy Birthday AddThis!”

» AddThis 5 Year [Infographic] jeffwongdesign October 11th, 2011 at 8:58 am

[...] Here’s an infographic I’ve been working on with the team. It shows sharing trends over the last 5 years. It was nuts how much data we had to go through in order to distill the information down to tasty snack bites. Anyway, if you want the long version of the story, check it out on the AddThis blog. [...]

Gaurav Tiwari October 11th, 2011 at 9:28 am

Happy birthday AddThis! I love your services. A plus within a red square has been a symbol of sharing on the web. Keep profiting us.

Alexander October 11th, 2011 at 12:26 pm

Поздравляю с юбилеем! Только вчера начал пользоваться и изучать ваш сервис, и понял, что несомненно он является лучшим! Дальнейшего вам развития и успехов! Привет из Украины :)

blog plan October 11th, 2011 at 4:49 pm

happy birthday addthis! You make life for my readers and I easier!

Sumon Rahman October 11th, 2011 at 5:12 pm

Happy birthday to you..Happy birthday to you..Happy birthday Happy birthday Happy birthday to you…
Many many happy returns of the day “Addthis” in this especial day I wish your more more and more success with us.
Cheers
Sumon Rahman

Susan Alexandra October 11th, 2011 at 5:22 pm

Happy birthday to you Addthis.

vectorism October 11th, 2011 at 5:55 pm

we ♥ AddThis ;)

giufrida willian October 11th, 2011 at 11:19 pm

AddThis feliz aniversário! Eu amo seus serviços. Um sinal de mais dentro de um quadrado vermelho tem sido um símbolo de compartilhar na web

Nick October 12th, 2011 at 1:47 am

Warmest congratulations and best wishes for future!

Alexander October 12th, 2011 at 2:26 am

Birthday, guys – wish you all the best!
Cheers

Sazirul October 12th, 2011 at 2:49 am

Happy Birthday AddThis ! Many Many Happy Return Of The Day !

webera co. October 12th, 2011 at 3:46 am

happy birthday addthis!

angela anna October 12th, 2011 at 6:56 am

Come faccio a cancellarmi e a fare scomparire AddThis?

elizabeth October 12th, 2011 at 12:09 pm

Angela – Here are instructions on how to remove the toolbar from your browser: http://www.addthis.com/help/add-ons-and-toolbars

Let me know if you have questions!

jeffwongdesign October 12th, 2011 at 2:56 pm

Everyone, thanks for the warm birthday wishes and celebrating with us. Keep sharing. :)

Pat October 12th, 2011 at 3:52 pm

Cheers. :)

Elena October 12th, 2011 at 7:36 pm

Congratulations on your anniversary! You are really the best! I wish you continued success.

indian epapers October 13th, 2011 at 3:00 am

thats a great news to hear. I have also added addthis to my website. It works gr8. Thanks addthis and congrats to addthis for 5year anniversary.

Emad Samir October 13th, 2011 at 5:54 am

Happy Birthday Addthis

HD desktop wallpapers October 13th, 2011 at 8:32 am

happy birthday guys

M. Baba Bukar October 13th, 2011 at 10:06 am

Happy Birthday AddThis. We love you for making things easy for us.

Quand, Où et comment les internautes partagent leurs informations ? | MediaTelling October 13th, 2011 at 11:06 am

[...] comment les utilisateurs d’ADDTHIS partagent socialement leurs informations. Actuellement, ADDTHIS est la plus grande plate-forme de partage de contenu avec pas moins de 10 millions de sites [...]

Navigacija October 13th, 2011 at 4:13 pm

Happy birthday AddThis! I love your services. A plus within a red square has been a symbol of sharing on the web. Keep profiting us.

Wednesday 9.30AM is When Humans Share Most [Infographic] | Social Commerce Today October 14th, 2011 at 1:01 am

[...] the popular link sharing service ‘Add this‘ (1.2bn monthly users) from clearspring has published an infographic revealing the day and time people are most likely to share. Wednesday and [...]

How, When, Where and Why We Do it. | 123-reg October 14th, 2011 at 3:01 am

[...] Have a look at the infographic here. [...]

Smart October 14th, 2011 at 7:57 am

Happy Birthday Add This!

Gun Dog October 14th, 2011 at 8:01 am

Happy 5th birthday Add this!

Art October 14th, 2011 at 1:32 pm

Happy 5th birthday Add this!

Great Job, Guys!

vectorism October 14th, 2011 at 2:25 pm

some one asked in our forum community..
“Wednesday is PEAK day in content sharing.. no wonder traffic seems jamm on Wednesday. Does this infographic copied & paste on Wed..?”
hell yes.. lol

zuvast October 14th, 2011 at 5:00 pm

Information Portal Cculka Happy Birthday AddThis! Many Many Happy Return Of The Day!

Lalengliana EL Hrahsel October 14th, 2011 at 5:50 pm

happy birthday to AddThis…Live long..

anthony October 14th, 2011 at 6:54 pm

Happy Birthday, thanks for your sharing

Mehmet ASLAN October 14th, 2011 at 7:42 pm

Happy Birthday Add This!

Eloktavian October 15th, 2011 at 4:40 am

HB 5TH Addthis :)

becki Kernoschak October 15th, 2011 at 2:17 pm

Hi, I really don’t want this add this on my google page …it’s been there for too long and I really don’t need add this…I don’t have time to social network and this is a distraction to me as I’m studying heavily. Please help me get rid of this web page for now. Thanks!

TC Brown October 15th, 2011 at 2:44 pm

Yes, Happy Birthday. Continued success.

Now can you tell me how to remove you from my Internet Explorer~ ~tcb

sekhbilal October 15th, 2011 at 9:57 pm

Happy birthday…

Chiranjeev October 15th, 2011 at 10:06 pm

congo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mukurwe October 16th, 2011 at 4:23 pm

keep up the research .its very informative.happy birthday

Outbound October 17th, 2011 at 12:45 am

Happy Birthday Add This!
Thank you very much for your fantastic service.
Hopefully the more advanced :-)

Paulo October 17th, 2011 at 1:58 pm

Parabéns, Addthis !

Monica October 17th, 2011 at 6:41 pm

Happy Bithday

Roberto Torres October 18th, 2011 at 1:19 am

Great! good job !

elizabeth October 19th, 2011 at 8:46 am

Thanks! Here are instructions on how to remove the toolbar from your browser: http://www.addthis.com/help/add-ons-and-toolbars

Let me know if you have questions!

elizabeth October 19th, 2011 at 8:47 am

Hey Becki, Here are instructions on how to remove the toolbar from your browser: http://www.addthis.com/help/add-ons-and-toolbars

Let me know if you have questions!

IFRSexpert October 19th, 2011 at 11:20 am

Great tools. Happy birthday!

usman October 21st, 2011 at 12:39 pm

happy birth day AddThis :)

Sumon Rahman October 22nd, 2011 at 4:49 pm

Happy birthday to you Addthis. Your best years are still ahead of you and I’ll be there for every up down and in between. You’re the gift of us and we give you our love.

Brian D. Hawkins October 31st, 2011 at 11:50 am

Happy Birthday and congratulations on the milestone. I love the infographic. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Jorge Purgly November 3rd, 2011 at 6:17 am

Congratulations to you all! 5 Years is awesome! You rock!!
In your honnor I translated your article into Portuguese and published it on the following adress
http://retejo.blogspot.com/2011/11/feliz-aniversario-addthis.html
Check it out!
All the best,
and wishes for more 5 succesfull years,
Jorge Purgly

Statues and Fountains November 4th, 2011 at 6:59 am

Adding add this to our web sites has helped spread the news of our products.. Nice one and thanks guys for an excellent system.

Mark November 4th, 2011 at 8:42 am

Happy Birthday, AddThis!

One of the reasons I like you and use your service is not only the goodness of the service but the fact that you come across as nice people too! That has to stand for something.

:-)

Anthony Joseph November 4th, 2011 at 3:21 pm

Thanks for much for the infographic. It really conveys the power of sharing, how far we’ve come in the last 5 years, and how to get the most value from your shares. Happy birthday!

octavian November 4th, 2011 at 7:57 pm

Artikel yang bagus. Saya ucapkan terima kasih kepada infographics sebab telah berbagi dengan para net citizens.

Yvon November 4th, 2011 at 8:07 pm

Bonjour, Félicitations à toute l’équipe pour votre anniversaire et longue vie à Addthis, je suis heureux de participer!

Jacqueline November 4th, 2011 at 9:34 pm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADDTHIS!
WISHING YOU MUCH SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY IN THE FUTURE!
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL FOR BEING A BLESSING TO US!

Thomas Zinck November 4th, 2011 at 9:50 pm

Well congratulations on your fifth year in serving the world over.Wish you many,many more years in the future.May the good Lord bless ya all…Have a good one!! Tommy Zinck

Jacqueline Hill November 5th, 2011 at 4:11 am

Wow that is seriously sad. You have wiped Australia off the map. Like we don’t even exist (or matter?). 23 million of us and we don’t rate a mention!

getachew fentie November 5th, 2011 at 4:51 am

Thank you very much Addthis,and Happy birth day.I fill happy when I share the birth day with you!

getachew fentie November 5th, 2011 at 4:54 am

Thank you very much Addthis,and Happy birth day!

KBSD Geneve November 5th, 2011 at 7:42 am

Wow were’re late! Happy BDay!! Congrats on the infographic… and THANKYOU for the service! wish you the best for the next 5 :)

Saif November 5th, 2011 at 8:35 am

On this pleasant occasion, from the depth of our heart we say happy birth day to Add this. Successful completion of five years is no doubt a sign of high quality service. We appreciate this service.
Thanks.

imel November 6th, 2011 at 4:10 am

happy birthday AddThis !
always success in everything you do !
success in blog member !
success blog competitor !
success in financial !
success in coworkers !
success in your family !

adipa November 7th, 2011 at 2:31 am

sorry late, happy birthday ADDTHIS, good luck!

iprogress November 8th, 2011 at 8:24 am

Happy Birthday ‘Add this’ peeps – keep up the splendid work!

From the iprogress team

edward November 9th, 2011 at 12:14 am

AddThis happy birthday, and Many Years more, successes

jay six November 9th, 2011 at 11:51 pm

Happy bday to a company I respected prior to seeing this infographic. OMG – where is Australia on the map? How to upset a whole country of customers!

Gun Dog and Shooting November 17th, 2011 at 5:54 am

Bit late on this one but happy belated birthday addthis!

TwitteTravelcom November 18th, 2011 at 2:29 pm

We wish The Addthis Team many more years of sharing….

Twitte Ent & Co

Salah Messaoud November 19th, 2011 at 3:20 pm

Happy birthday AddThis, I hope we will see more improvement and see more features. Best social media sharing project ever !!

Mike@Jobs Online December 1st, 2011 at 7:06 pm

Thank you for a great time running may you have many more to come!

Leslie Bibb December 6th, 2011 at 8:33 am

happy birthday to AddThis…

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