We’re a month on from the end of our launch week in the US and some big things have been happening.
Some of the headlines…
Just over 1 million people have visited the site since the launch on July 11th.
USA, UK, Russia, Hungary and Canada are the top five countries for visitors.
15,000 have downloaded the Historypin Android app, launched on 11th July.
51,000 have downloaded the Historypin iPhone app, launched just a week ago on 15th August.
17,000 are registered on Historypin.com.
51,682 pieces of content have been pinned.
Loads of you have been writing about us…
Mashable, Good, TIME and the New York Times are amongst the lovely people who have written about us.
New partners
60 archives, libraries and museums have come on board since July and started to share their collections and some are using Historypin to solicit help in identifying forgotten places. See what’s going on in Brooklyn, New York City.
A fantastic inter-generational event at Billericay School in Essex, UK.
Loads of stuff going on in Reading (Berks, UK) in the run up to the launch of our first full on local Historypin project.
A dedicated Historypin month by the brilliant Culture Themes.
A great 3-day intergenerational workshop with Magic Me in Tower Hamlets – see some of the photos and stories that were shared and pinned.
More details on all of these to follow – watch this blog for more info.
And a shout out to some of our favourite pins and pinners…
Kiama Library, Australia
Realbadtaste
magnetha
South End Historical Society, Boston
binarydreams
Thanks to everyone who has contributed to making these stats so impressive, we’re hoping every month is going to be this exciting.
