Salman outshines SRK in virtual space

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Ashish Sinha, Soma Das: New Delhi, Jan 16 2012, 00:27 IST

Not only did the commercial success of his films Ready and Bodyguard make Bollywood actor Salman Khan the bigger star in 2011 among the three Khans — Aamir, Shahrukh and Salman — he also outshone rival Khans in the virtual world claiming the highest web hits of 7.8 million across the globe and highest mention in blogosphere on Bollywood.

Salman Khan is also the highest tweeted name and also managed the largest mention among the news items on Bollywood stars searched online in 2011. Last year, Salman’s two films Ready and Bodyguard together generated over R270 crore in net business or 35% of the total net collections of all 100-plus Bollywood films. Shah Rukh Khan is still trailing behind in net collections of Ra.One and Don-2. Aamir had only one non-commercial film release last year in Dhobi Ghat.

According to the social media analysis arm of Innoplexus, an international innovation consultancy firm, Salman Khan outshined Aamir and Shahrukh in the virtual world across different parameters. In terms of total web hits, Aamir trails Salman by clocking only 4.2 million hits while Salman trumps Shahrukh’s 6.6 million figure by generating a whopping 7.8 million hits. This means, every minute of the year, Salman Khan’s name is being clicked 15 times. At over 78,000 mentions in the blogosphere, Salman’s lead is over 1.5 times of mentions Shahrukh and double of Aamir Khan, the latest Innoplexus study shows.

On social networking cite Twitter, Salman Khan has been tweeted over 1.44 lakh times which is more than

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