General Conference Stats

General Conference Stats

Written by Cassie Telford

Technology is enhancing the way people around the world experience general conference. The words of prophets, apostles, and leaders reach more people than ever before, in 93 languages. Worldwide discussion about general conference continues to increase, aided by social networking tools like Twitter and blogs. Internet Average number of audio and video streams (Windows Media Player and Move Player) per session: 93,133 Increase of 132% since April 2008 Average number of audio streams per session: 21,065 Increase of 89% since April 2008 Average number of video streams per session: 72,068 Increase of 148% since April 2008 Satellite Number of satellite broadcasts supported: 6,838 Covers approximately 85% of the earth’s land mass Enables approximately 87% of Church members to participate Number of languages delivered in real time: 60 Twitter Number of tweets made concerning general conference: 1,500