This statistic presents information on the popularity of made up words in song lyrics gone mainstream worldwide as of August 2014 in terms of number of streams and tweets. It was found that Drake's made up word "YOLO", an acronym for "you only live once" in the song "The Motto" has been streamed on demand more than 53.6 million times and shared on Twitter for over 65.1 million times.
Popularity of made up words in songs worldwide as of August 2014, by number of streams and tweets
(in millions)
Nielsen BDS Encore was used to collect the number of on-demand streams from release, or if released before 1993, 1/1/1993 - 8/14/2014. Crimson Hexagon, a third-party data provider, was used to collect the number of tweets containing each word from 5/23/08 to 8/15/14
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Nielsen. (August 22, 2014). Popularity of made up words in songs worldwide as of August 2014, by number of streams and tweets (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/321595/popularity-of-made-up-words-in-songs/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Nielsen. "Popularity of made up words in songs worldwide as of August 2014, by number of streams and tweets (in millions)." Chart. August 22, 2014. Statista. Accessed January 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/321595/popularity-of-made-up-words-in-songs/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Nielsen. (2014). Popularity of made up words in songs worldwide as of August 2014, by number of streams and tweets (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 22, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/321595/popularity-of-made-up-words-in-songs/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Nielsen. "Popularity of Made up Words in Songs Worldwide as of August 2014, by Number of Streams and Tweets (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Aug 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/321595/popularity-of-made-up-words-in-songs/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Nielsen, Popularity of made up words in songs worldwide as of August 2014, by number of streams and tweets (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/321595/popularity-of-made-up-words-in-songs/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 22, 2025)
Popularity of made up words in songs worldwide as of August 2014, by number of streams and tweets (in millions) [Graph], Nielsen, August 22, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/321595/popularity-of-made-up-words-in-songs/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
