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Category: Technology Author : JR Raphael Posted: July 25, 2008
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Estimate Your Level of Internet Fame

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Think you’re on the verge of becoming a full-fledged web celeb? A new tool put out today lets you gauge your level of Internet fame.

Wired’s Celebrity Meter launched in beta this morning. The program uses data from Google’s Social Graph service to see how many people are following you on MySpace, Twitter, and a personal blog/site. It takes into account things like incoming links and number of friends or followers to give you a numerical score — which you can then compare to other big names in the blogosphere and across the Web in general.

Of course, it’s not a complete view. The measurement doesn’t account for FriendFeed, Facebook, or a lot of other social services just yet. But it’s still hard to resist giving it a whirl.


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  • July 25, 2008 at 9:32 am Ryan Kuder
    This is hilarious fun. 775. I don't use MySpace. How internet famous are you, Duncan?
  • July 25, 2008 at 9:33 am Ben Parr
    Damnit, I shall surpass even you Mr. Riley! So long as my eyeballs do not fall out of their sockets, I shall persevere. You shall see!
  • July 25, 2008 at 9:37 am Bartek Gniado
    109! All I use is Twitter and have a once-a-month updated blog that gets little traffic.
  • July 25, 2008 at 9:45 am JR Raphael
    Duncan's probably asleep at the moment (Australia time) -- but if you click on the default names over on the right, you can substitute in any person of your choosing to see how you compare. Ah, the endless opportunities for at-work time wasting... :)
  • July 25, 2008 at 9:53 am TDavid
    932 here, without any MySpace presence. Probably time to work on that with the band.
  • July 25, 2008 at 9:53 am Mark Trapp
    I got 854, but I cheated and used my Friendfeed as the personal website URL. Edit: apparently the friendfeed URL had no effect. 854 without it!
  • July 25, 2008 at 9:59 am Shey
    310 -- obscurity rocks!
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:00 am J. Phil
    4872 fwiw. Now what the heck is it doing? More research needed.
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:02 am Thomas Hawk
    2,772
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:02 am john conroy
    I must be at least 100. That's good, right??
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:04 am Michael W. May
    MySpace? blarg :P
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:04 am Justin Korn
    Still no FriendFeed on this thing, WTF?? FAIL! :)
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:06 am David Ward
    1630 with no myspace and a neglected blog
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:07 am Craig Ritchie
    I concur. MySpace = Blarg.
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:11 am JR Raphael
    I think Mark's on the right track here -- maybe we just need to redeclare the MySpace field as a FriendFeed field across the board. That'll probably balance things out a bit better for almost everyone in this space...
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:19 am Thomas Hawk
    If they got this tool right, added a bunch of social networks, FF, Flickr, Facebook, etc. and used more tools RSS subs, Technorati, etc. and then combined this with search terms it could be an excellent tool for PR professionals to use to gage who influencers are around their products. Right now it's too simplified a tool, but it's an interesting concept.
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:29 am Czar DJ Peterman
    TOTAL SCORE: 336 (100% twitter)
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:31 am Nathan Chase
    TOTAL SCORE: 1023 (using myspace, twitter, and nathanchase.com)
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:38 am Sean Davis
    I think I have the lowest score on Friendfeed - 34
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:38 am mark zero (Jason)
    239 and I'm a nobody, only used Twitter.
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:38 am JR Raphael
    @Thomas, agreed. They do say they're working on adding more networks into the equation (today was just the first day of beta release). It's more a fun novelty than anything at the moment, but it could definitely have some broader and more practical uses down the road if it's developed right.
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:43 am Kevin Fox
    867, but I have no presence on myspace.
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:47 am Steven Perez
    46. If I was only a little more obscure, I would be the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything.
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:53 am Hao Chen
    Tila Tequila, 4643, owns you all! (Except J. Phil) http://bit.ly/39uowJ
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:54 am LPH
    Yeah - I win - I have the lowest score of everyone ! a whopping 25
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:55 am Stephen Mack
    I believe this is meaningless epeen junk. Try separating out your scores for each of the three URLs -- they don't add up. Of my two blogs, it gives a higher score to the one with fewer daily readers and feed subscribers. Oh, and 64.
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:56 am Charlie Anzman
    262 ... maybe it's only cuz I just follow Shey, Louis and Duncan? :)
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:56 am David Kemper
    Woo-hoo!! A whopping 9!! Watch out world. Domination is near.
  • July 25, 2008 at 10:59 am Russellreno
    575 - I get more credit from Myspace (which I don't update or use) than Flickr.
  • July 25, 2008 at 11:07 am Michelle Martinez
    232. I have no clue how it's even that high. I expected 5.
  • July 25, 2008 at 11:09 am Russellreno
    MM - Try it again with just Twitter. I don't use Twitter but it is the highest rated of the three.
  • July 25, 2008 at 11:11 am Michelle Martinez
    Yeah, 227 with just twitter, whoa! MySpace and my junky blog mean nothing!
  • July 25, 2008 at 11:12 am Jody Carbone
    22 - oops! URL, not username. I preferred 0 though.
  • July 25, 2008 at 11:39 am Sacca
    There must be some irreconcilable aspect to my fame because I appear to have broken it.
  • July 25, 2008 at 11:42 am Sean Oliver
    crud 228.
  • July 25, 2008 at 11:46 am Allen Stern
    TOTAL SCORE: 2826
  • July 25, 2008 at 12:06 pm Vinay
    LPH, not so fast. Here's a 15. Now beat that.
  • July 25, 2008 at 12:11 pm David Kemper
    Vinay, hold on a sec: I score a lowly 9. YES!!
  • July 25, 2008 at 12:17 pm Morton Fox
    726. I don't think my Myspace profile contributed much.
  • July 25, 2008 at 12:20 pm richrecruiter
    450
  • July 25, 2008 at 12:31 pm J. Phil
    ok, WTF? I know I'm not as pointworthy as some of you folks! And Tila will make out with men or women for points.. So I'm gaming it somehow?
  • July 25, 2008 at 12:41 pm Shey
    The MySpace truth comes out! lol
  • July 25, 2008 at 12:41 pm Mitchell Tsai
    646 (10 pts for MySpace - which I don't use, 176 pts for Twitter - which I barely use, and 636 pts for FriendFeed) Yes, the numbers don't add. It doesn't matter which box you type your addresses.
  • July 25, 2008 at 1:02 pm Russellreno
    2788 with just FF. Previously it was 575 w/o FF.
  • July 25, 2008 at 1:06 pm Russellreno
    Thawk reported 2772, which I beat by 16 pts. No way. THawk FF score is 16058.
  • July 25, 2008 at 1:16 pm Blake Cooper
    This makes me feel like I'm in high school again: I won't reveal my score; just like I wouldn't reveal my SAT score.
  • July 25, 2008 at 2:44 pm Sarah Perez
    I'm sooo not playing this. :) lol
  • July 25, 2008 at 3:02 pm Mitchell Tsai
    I made a Top-30 list here http://mitchelltsaitn.blogspot.com/2008/07/top-30-friendfeed-popularity-using.html Aside from the "ego" stuff involved, it's a cool way to find people to follow. I discovered some people I didn't know about...
  • July 25, 2008 at 3:05 pm Jonathan Brown
    Awesome!
  • July 25, 2008 at 3:09 pm Benedikt Koehler
    Ha, I never knew I was so famous. 1059 points on the wired-o-meter. But only if I use my FriendFeed instead of MySpace.
  • July 25, 2008 at 4:39 pm Duncan Riley
    Ryan (above), I didn't write the post, just looking now....bizarre + great find JR.
  • July 25, 2008 at 4:40 pm Duncan Riley
    rofl 2077 with the Inquisitr, but put FriendFeed in the box 4007
  • July 25, 2008 at 5:33 pm J. Phil
    I get pretty much the same number for my blog or my LJ blog (they do point to each other, I think) but using just my friendfeed gives me a number 1000 points higher. All the numbers are 200 points higher than a few hours ago. I don't use myspace.
  • July 25, 2008 at 5:34 pm Marco
    what does it mean when it comes back with "what was your name again?"
  • July 25, 2008 at 5:34 pm Mona N.
    it crashed my browser.. me = FAIL
  • July 25, 2008 at 5:38 pm Candace Holly
    My answer was "You're kidding, right?" ...dang it.
  • July 25, 2008 at 5:42 pm Helen
    If I included my website URL, my score was 148. With my wordpress blog it was 155. I guess I'm on my way somewhere.
  • July 26, 2008 at 12:23 am Sarah
    I got a score of .. 7.
  • July 26, 2008 at 12:33 am Igor Poltavskiy
    212.MySpace isn't mine
  • July 26, 2008 at 12:45 am Andreas Gohr
    430, but I don't have a MySpace account
  • July 26, 2008 at 1:04 am Joe Dawson
    I got a score of 158!
  • July 26, 2008 at 1:07 am Chris Baskind
    MySpace? Not our kind, dear.
  • July 26, 2008 at 6:54 am Anthony K Valley
    I don't exist... 13
  • July 26, 2008 at 11:02 am George Bounacos
    Very scaled back version of QDos, which I think has a better pedigree

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