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BBM Searches Are ‘Off The Charts,’ Especially For iPhone

A week ago, BlackBerry announced that Blackberry Messenger (BBM) had rolled out to Android and iPhone users as a free app, and since then, there has been a great deal of interest in it. A spokesperson...
BBM Searches Are ‘Off The Charts,’ Especially For iPhone
Written by Chris Crum
  • A week ago, BlackBerry announced that Blackberry Messenger (BBM) had rolled out to Android and iPhone users as a free app, and since then, there has been a great deal of interest in it.

    A spokesperson for Yahoo tells WebProNews that searches for BBM are spiking by 7,674%. Meanwhile, searches for [bbm for iPhone] are spiking 4,754% and searches for [bbm android] are “spiking off the charts.”

    “Yahoo users are obviously very excited to use this app!” the spokesperson says. “Searches for [bbm for iPhone] are over 3x more than searches for [bbm android].”

    Over the past week, 67% of searches for [bbm] come from men, with the largest percentage of searches coming from Yahoo users ages 25-29, according to Yahoo.

    Additionally, searches for [free download blackberry app] have spiked 306% in the last 7 days. The top blackberry related searches in the past 7 days on Yahoo, ranked by volume are:

    [blackberry pearl]
    [free download blackberry app]
    [blackberry.com]
    [app blackberry download]
    [lenovo blackberry]
    [blackberry z10]
    [blackberry curve]
    [blackberry bbm iOS or android]
    [blackberry bum download]
    [blackberry messenger]

    And here’s a look at blackberry searches on Yahoo for the past 180 days.

    Blackberry messenger searches

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