Russian Meteor Video Sets You Tube Record

The meteor that exploded over Russia last Friday (February 15th) was the largest such event in a century, and it attracted such interest around the world that all the meteor videos that were uploaded to YouTube and DailyMotion got more than 130 million views over the weekend, according to social analysis service Visible Measures, which is the fastest rate of viral growth ever seen.

According to Visible Measure, more than 400 videos of the meteor have been uploaded, some 160 of which have more than 100,000 views. The video with the most views, 26.7 million and counting, is this one from Russia Today: