Table Tennis Receives 2nd Most YouTube Views at Nanjing 2014

Table Tennis has confirmed itself as one of the top sports in the Olympic Movement by obtaining the second most views on the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) YouTube channel during the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.

The Table Tennis event, which was held 17-23 August 2014 at Wutaishan Sports Gymnasium, was watched by over 135,000 people, with an average of 4,500 views per video, which was also second best.

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) President Adham SHARARA stated: "It seems that since we adopted the mind-set to be in the Top 5 in all we do, we are breaking into the Top 5 in many aspects. I am extremely proud to learn that the table tennis competition at the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games was second in the number of views on the IOC's own YouTube Channel."

"We must also note that YouTube is not available in China to the general public. This makes this achievement even more impressive, and confirms the fact that our website is consistently in the top 3 amongst all International Federations in terms of the number of visitors. I look forward to the ITTF breaking into the top 5 in many more categories over the years to come."

While many people watched the YOG Table Tennis event online, it was also very well attended with just under 40,000 spectators crowding into the Wutaishan Sports Gymnasium to watch the world's best under-18s in action.

ITTF's Facebook page (FB.com/ITTFWorld) proved that this was 'The Social Games' with the page recording 165,429 engaged fans, a total reach of 1,175,075 and a staggering 5,071,119 impressions for the week of competition.

ITTF's social media success was not limited to western social media, as ITTF Sina and Tencent Weibo accounts received over 1.8 million impressions during the table tennis event, and the total fan base grew to over 700,000.

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