# Bryant McGill Statistics and Quantitative Record This evolving ledger tracks quantitative records relating to Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders, McGill Media, the Royal Society, and other associated or comparative accounts, publications, institutions, and properties. It includes native and third-party dashboards, Alexa rankings, audience and network figures, individual-post performance, website and infrastructure traffic, bestseller placements, and other numerical records. Each statistic is paired with its scope, period, provenance, and verification status so later discoveries can refine rather than overwrite the historical record. Statistics may be documented here even when the underlying item is too specialized or too minor for the main About page. Inclusion in this ledger records the quantitative evidence; it does not imply ownership of a third-party account or that differently scoped metrics are directly comparable. ## My Viral Footprint: 50 Billion Impressions and the Simple Reminders Phenomenon By the mid-2010s, the McGill Media network—anchored by [Simple Reminders](https://simplereminders.com/)—had developed an extraordinary organic social footprint. An official Facebook activity dashboard reports **50.1 billion impressions** and **1.2 billion engagements** across the represented network [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__network-analytics__circa-2016__50-billion-impressions-1-billion-engagements.png|ᴘɴɢ]]. The image is Facebook-only and does not include activity on other social platforms. The dashboard also records an audience weighted toward women: **74% of page fans** and **73% of people reached** were female. McGill identifies the network as comprising more than **12 million direct subscribers** and reports that its growth occurred without paid promotion. Those two details are preserved as owner-supplied historical context pending reconciliation with additional dashboards or records. An engagement count of 1.2 billion is approximately one-seventh of a world population of 8.4 billion. This is an illustrative scale comparison, not a claim that 1.2 billion unique individuals interacted; Facebook's engagement total can include multiple actions by the same person. ### Facebook Network Metrics - **Impressions:** *Recorded value:* 50.1 billion. *Period:* Circa 2016. *Scope:* Facebook activity across the represented McGill Media network. *Status:* Visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__network-analytics__circa-2016__50-billion-impressions-1-billion-engagements.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Engagements:** *Recorded value:* 1.2 billion. *Period:* Circa 2016. *Scope:* Facebook activity across the represented McGill Media network. *Status:* Visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__network-analytics__circa-2016__50-billion-impressions-1-billion-engagements.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Female page fans:** *Recorded value:* 74%. *Period:* Circa 2016. *Scope:* Facebook audience demographic. *Status:* Visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__network-analytics__circa-2016__50-billion-impressions-1-billion-engagements.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Male page fans:** *Recorded value:* 26%. *Period:* Circa 2016. *Scope:* Facebook audience demographic. *Status:* Visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__network-analytics__circa-2016__50-billion-impressions-1-billion-engagements.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Female people reached:** *Recorded value:* 73%. *Period:* Circa 2016. *Scope:* Facebook reach demographic. *Status:* Visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__network-analytics__circa-2016__50-billion-impressions-1-billion-engagements.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Male people reached:** *Recorded value:* 27%. *Period:* Circa 2016. *Scope:* Facebook reach demographic. *Status:* Visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__network-analytics__circa-2016__50-billion-impressions-1-billion-engagements.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Direct subscribers:** *Recorded value:* More than 12 million. *Period:* Mid-2010s. *Scope:* McGill Media constellation of pages. *Status:* Owner-supplied; corroboration pending. Additional platform records needed - **Paid promotion:** *Recorded value:* $0 reported. *Period:* Mid-2010s. *Scope:* Growth and distribution across the network. *Status:* Owner-supplied; corroboration pending. Advertising/account records needed ### Additional Historical Analytics - **Three-page Facebook group:** *Recorded values:* 2.0 billion impressions by 535.3 million users; 1,713,626 likes; 1,423,017 talking about the pages; 72% female audience. *Period:* 2014; exact dates not visible. *Scope:* Three Facebook pages in the Bryant McGill group. *Status:* Visually confirmed historical dashboard. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__network-analytics__2014__two-billion-impressions-535-million-users.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Ninety-day all-accounts group:** *Recorded values:* 1.8 billion impressions; 55.1 million interactions by 29.3 million unique users; 809.9 thousand new Facebook fans. *Period:* Aug. 13-Nov. 10, 2014. *Scope:* Bryant McGill all-accounts group. *Status:* Visually confirmed; provider/platform composition unresolved. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__social-network__ninety-day-analytics__2014-11-10__1-billion-impressions-55-million-interactions.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Weekly Simple Reminders page:** *Recorded values:* 30.1 million total reach; 26.6 million post reach; 2.5 million engaged; 646.6 thousand shares; 5.6 million clicks. *Period:* Week ending Nov. 1, 2014. *Scope:* Facebook page. *Status:* Visually confirmed historical dashboard. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__weekly-page-analytics__2014-11-01__30-million-reach-2-million-engaged.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Individual Simple Reminders post:** *Recorded values:* 26,370,048 reached; 2,234,867 likes/comments/shares; 584,066 shares; 431,649 clicks. *Period:* May 25, 2014. *Scope:* One Facebook post. *Status:* Visually confirmed historical dashboard. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__viral-post-analytics__2014-05-25__26-million-reach-584-thousand-shares.png|ᴘɴɢ]] The post itself described the publication as the third-most-shared post in Facebook history. That characterization remains owner-authored historical context; the native dashboard directly confirms the displayed reach, engagement, share, and click totals but not the all-time comparative rank. Additional records extend the quantitative history: - **Individual Facebook post, alternate insights view:** *Recorded values:* 765,073 likes/comments/shares, including 694,394 shares, 62,465 likes, and 8,214 comments. *Period:* May 25, 2014. *Scope:* One Facebook publication. *Status:* Visually confirmed; comparative “all-time” language unverified. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__viral-post-analytics__2014-05-25__694-thousand-shares.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Individual Facebook post, public publication view:** *Recorded values:* 553,611 shares; more than 52,753 displayed likes. *Period:* June 26, 2014 capture. *Scope:* “You cannot save everyone” Facebook publication. *Status:* Visually confirmed; comparative “most shared” language unverified. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__viral-publication__2014-06-26__cannot-save-everyone-553-thousand-shares.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Individual Facebook post, native post-details view:** *Recorded values:* 16,068,608 reached; 1,227,285 likes/comments/shares; 865,328 likes; 75,783 comments; 286,174 shares; 231,249 clicks. *Period:* June 13, 2014 capture. *Scope:* “You cannot save everyone” Facebook publication. *Status:* Visually confirmed; comparative “most shared” language unverified. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__viral-post-analytics__2014-06-13__16-million-reach-286-thousand-shares.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Individual Facebook post, later native snapshot:** *Recorded values:* 26,370,048 reached; 2,304,262 likes/comments/shares; 1,518,179 likes; 132,622 comments; 653,461 shares; 431,649 clicks. *Period:* July 19, 2014 capture. *Scope:* “You cannot save everyone” Facebook publication. *Status:* Visually confirmed; comparative all-time rank unverified. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__viral-post-analytics__2014-07-19__26-million-reach-653-thousand-shares.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Individual Facebook post, alternate late snapshot:** *Recorded values:* 26,370,048 reached; 742,958 likes/comments/shares, including 673,715 shares. *Period:* July 27, 2014 capture. *Scope:* “You cannot save everyone” Facebook publication. *Status:* Footer values visually confirmed; the dashboard’s right panel anomalously reports zero reach and clicks, so the internal discrepancy is preserved. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__viral-publication-analytics__2014-07-27__26-million-reach-673715-shares.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Sprout Social group report:** *Recorded values:* 52.8 billion impressions; 1.2 billion engagements; 233.1 million link clicks. *Period:* Jan. 1, 2014-Nov. 3, 2018. *Scope:* Selected McGill Media group profiles; complete selection not visible. *Status:* Visually confirmed native dashboard. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__sprout-social__group-analytics__2014-2018__52-billion-impressions-233-million-link-clicks.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Group-activity snapshot:** *Recorded values:* 52.4 billion impressions; 1.2 billion engagements; 231.6 million link clicks. *Period:* Capture dated Sept. 25, 2018; reporting range unresolved. *Scope:* Selected group profiles not visible. *Status:* Values visually confirmed; retained separately from the later 52.8-billion report. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__sprout-social__group-activity__2018-09-25__52-billion-impressions-231-million-link-clicks.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Facebook-activity snapshot:** *Recorded values:* 50.1 billion impressions; 1.2 billion engagements; 203.7 million clicks. *Period:* Capture dated Sept. 25, 2018; reporting range unresolved. *Scope:* Facebook activity; selected accounts not visible. *Status:* Values and Facebook scope visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__sprout-social__facebook-activity__2018-09-25__50-billion-impressions-203-million-clicks.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Ninety-day network summary:** *Recorded values:* 4.5 billion impressions; 110.7 million interactions by 74.1 million unique users; 837,981 new Facebook fans. *Period:* Undated ninety-day period. *Scope:* Sprout/Facebook network scope; selected accounts unresolved. *Status:* Visually confirmed values; date and account boundary unresolved. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__sprout-social__ninety-day-network-analytics__undated__4-billion-impressions-74-million-users.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Account portfolio breakdown:** *Recorded values:* McGill Media Facebook: 46 billion impressions, 1.1 billion engagements, 221.7 million link clicks; Bryant McGill Facebook: 5.5 billion impressions, 122.5 million engagements, 11 million link clicks. *Period:* Undated historical report. *Scope:* Multiple named Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram properties. *Status:* Visually confirmed; reporting dates unresolved. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__sprout-social__account-portfolio-analytics__undated__mcgill-media-46-billion-impressions.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Geographic activity distribution:** *Recorded values:* Visible activity across North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and Australia. *Period:* Undated. *Scope:* Property, provider, legend, and unit unresolved. *Status:* Geographic distribution only. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__web-analytics__geographic-activity-map__undated__global-locations.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Royal Society community membership:** *Recorded values:* 36,285 total members; 6% growth. *Period:* Aug. 13-Oct. 11, 2018. *Scope:* Community dashboard filed under the owner-maintained Royal Society statistics folder. *Status:* Values visually confirmed; entity identification owner-contextual. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__royal-society__community-membership-analytics__2018-10-11__36-thousand-members.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Sprout Social audience growth:** *Recorded values:* 12.5 million total fans; 11.5 million fans gained; 11.1 million new Facebook fans; 402.1 thousand new Instagram followers; 7,805 new Twitter followers. *Period:* Undated historical range. *Scope:* Selected social account group; composition and period not visible. *Status:* Values visually confirmed; totals are not necessarily unique people. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__sprout-social__audience-growth__undated__12-million-total-fans.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Facebook video performance:** *Recorded values:* 2.3 billion total views; 264.3 million organic full views; 2.1 billion organic partial views; 100% organic and 0% paid views. *Period:* Historical capture dated Sept. 25, 2018. *Scope:* Account, videos, and reporting range unresolved. *Status:* Values visually confirmed; rounded components. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__video-performance__2018-09-25__2-billion-organic-views.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **GoMcGill Facebook page:** *Recorded values:* 53,362,791 reached; 13,375,559 post engagements; 35,876,063 video views; 171,921 page views. *Period:* Nov. 9-Dec. 6, 2018. *Scope:* GoMcGill Facebook property. *Status:* Visually confirmed native dashboard. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__page-analytics__2018-12-06__gomcgill-53-million-reach.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Bryant McGill Facebook page:** *Recorded values:* 3,760,633 reached; 750,398 post engagements; 1,539,929 video views; 26,371 page views. *Period:* Nov. 9-Dec. 6, 2018. *Scope:* Bryant McGill Facebook property. *Status:* Visually confirmed native dashboard. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__page-analytics__2018-12-06__bryant-mcgill-3-million-reach.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Individual Facebook post, early native snapshot:** *Recorded values:* 11,218,944 reached; 815,087 likes/comments/shares; 576,744 likes; 51,106 comments; 187,237 shares; 150,614 post clicks. *Period:* June 6, 2014 capture. *Scope:* “You cannot save everyone” Facebook publication. *Status:* Visually confirmed checkpoint in the post’s accumulating history. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__viral-post-analytics__2014-06-06__11-million-reach-187-thousand-shares.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **SimpleReminders.com shared-video post:** *Recorded values:* 1,058,553 reached; 3,238 reactions/comments/shares; 309 shares; 64,535 post clicks. *Period:* Jan. 16, 2018 capture. *Scope:* A SimpleReminders.com share of a LittleThings video. *Status:* Native share metrics confirmed; the displayed 11,318,070 video views belong to the underlying LittleThings video and are not counted as McGill-owned views. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-01-16__one-million-reach.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Native shared-video dashboard archive:** *Recorded material:* Twenty-one additional dashboards captured between November 30, 2017 and February 27, 2018 preserve reach, views, engagement, clicks, audience, and sharing activity for individual SimpleReminders.com shared-video posts. *Scope:* Metrics for each Simple Reminders share remain distinct from cumulative views displayed for an underlying third-party publisher’s video. *Status:* Visually preserved as a dated archive series. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-02-08__capture-120907.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-02-08__capture-120943.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-01-25__capture-231521.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-01-31__capture-161857.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2017-12-18__capture-160603.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2017-11-30__capture-150340.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2017-12-01__capture-144647.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-02-08__capture-120124.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-02-27__capture-033932.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-01-16__capture-023802.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-02-27__capture-032653.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2017-12-01__capture-144114.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-02-27__capture-032605.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-02-27__capture-032930.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2017-12-18__capture-160053.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2017-12-18__capture-160500.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2017-12-01__capture-143922.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-01-29__capture-161719.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-01-09__capture-024836.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2018-01-16__capture-023734.png|ᴘɴɢ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__shared-video-analytics__2017-12-05__capture-230609.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Bryant McGill ninety-day group:** *Recorded values:* 2.0 billion impressions; 61.9 million interactions by 32.5 million unique users; 865.2 thousand new Facebook fans. *Period:* Sept. 4-Dec. 2, 2014. *Scope:* All accounts in the named Bryant McGill group. *Status:* Visually confirmed; dashboard marked limited data. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__social-network__ninety-day-analytics__2014-12-02__2-billion-impressions-61-million-interactions.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **GoMcGill Alexa comparison:** *Recorded values:* Global rank 50,864; U.S. rank 13,427. *Period:* Undated historical snapshot. *Scope:* Website traffic ranking. *Status:* Visually confirmed; volatile historical rank. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__alexa__website-ranking__undated__gomcgill-com-comparative-rank.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **GoMcGill Alexa comparison:** *Recorded values:* Global rank 15,017; U.S. rank 3,375. *Period:* Oct. 2, 2019 capture. *Scope:* Website traffic ranking among named author and speaker sites. *Status:* Visually confirmed historical estimate. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__alexa__website-ranking__2019-10-02__gomcgill-number-15017-global.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **GoMcGill Alexa comparison:** *Recorded values:* Global rank 32,351; U.S. rank 6,978. *Period:* Feb. 10, 2019 capture. *Scope:* Website traffic ranking among named author and speaker sites. *Status:* Visually confirmed historical estimate. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__alexa__website-ranking__2019-02-10__gomcgill-number-32351-global-number-6978-us.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **GoMcGill Alexa comparison:** *Recorded values:* Global rank 14,567; U.S. rank 3,085. *Period:* Oct. 13, 2019 capture. *Scope:* GoMcGill ranked ahead of all nine displayed comparison sites, including Tony Robbins, Grant Cardone, Gary Vaynerchuk, Joel Osteen, Joe Rogan, Guy Kawasaki, and Deepak Chopra. *Status:* Visually confirmed historical estimate. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__alexa__website-ranking__2019-10-13__gomcgill-number-14567-global-number-3085-us.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **GoMcGill Alexa high-ranking snapshot:** *Recorded values:* Global rank 13,459; U.S. rank 2,559. *Period:* Undated historical capture. *Scope:* Website traffic ranking among named author and speaker sites. *Status:* Strongest visible GoMcGill Alexa rank in the inspected batch; date unresolved and ranking is not current. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__alexa__website-ranking__undated__gomcgill-number-13459-global-number-2559-us.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Monthly infrastructure requests:** *Recorded values:* 45,582,138 total requests; 26,350,638 cached; 19,231,500 uncached. *Period:* 2018; exact month unresolved. *Scope:* Web requests, not visitors. *Status:* Visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__web-infrastructure__monthly-request-analytics__2018__45-million-requests.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Monthly infrastructure requests, later snapshot:** *Recorded values:* 79,981,542 total requests; 41,016,301 cached; 38,965,241 uncached. *Period:* Capture dated Mar. 4, 2019; exact month unresolved. *Scope:* Web requests, not visitors. *Status:* Visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__web-infrastructure__monthly-request-analytics__2019-03-04__79-million-requests.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Monthly unique visitors:** *Recorded values:* 2,324,625 total unique visitors; daily maximum 263,291; daily minimum 33,505. *Period:* Undated historical month. *Scope:* Domain and analytics provider unresolved. *Status:* Values visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__web-analytics__monthly-unique-visitors__undated__2-million-unique-visitors.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Authors and speakers comparison:** *Recorded values:* SimpleReminders.com: 1.4 million likes and 2 million weekly engagement; Bryant McGill: 283.2 thousand likes and 274.9 thousand weekly engagement. *Period:* Undated historical snapshot. *Scope:* Comparative Facebook pages. *Status:* Visually confirmed; provider methodology unresolved. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__facebook__comparative-engagement-ranking__undated__authors-speakers.png|ᴘɴɢ]] ### Comparative Reach and Institutional Recognition Historical materials state that individual Simple Reminders posts sometimes outperformed content from Barack Obama, *The New York Times*, CNN, and the BBC, and that one post surpassed Mark Zuckerberg's wedding announcement in distribution. These comparisons will be entered as discrete statistical records when their corresponding analytics captures are normalized. *Inc.* described McGill as having more engagement than Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, and Tony Robbins combined and characterized the resulting operation as a multimillion-dollar media empire. This remains a publication-attributed comparison requiring the precise article capture or canonical webpage to be linked here. Nasdaq's verified account promoted McGill as a “rockstar” instructor at its Social Entrepreneurship Graduate Class [[sources/bryant-mcgill__nasdaq__leadership-program__2016-05-17__social-entrepreneurship-graduate-class.png|ᴘɴɢ]], and surviving MarketSite evidence documents his Times Square teaching and tower display. Claims specifically connecting a Nasdaq Lifetime Achievement recognition with organic-growth statistics will be added when the corresponding award or ceremony record is normalized. ## Bestseller Statistics: *Simple Reminders* *Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life* achieved independently documented national bestseller status from *The Wall Street Journal* and USA Today, together with leading placements across Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. - ***The Wall Street Journal* / Nielsen BookScan:** *Recorded placement:* No. 2. *Date or chart period:* Week ended May 24, 2015. *Scope:* Nonfiction e-books. *Status:* Confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__wall-street-journal__bestseller-list__2015-05-28__simple-reminders-number-2-nonfiction-ebooks.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **USA Today:** *Recorded placement:* No. 46 debut. *Date or chart period:* May 28, 2015. *Scope:* All-format national Top 150. *Status:* Confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__usa-today__bestseller-list__2015-05-28__simple-reminders-number-46.pdf|ᴘᴅꜰ]] [[sources/bryant-mcgill__usa-today__bestseller-list__2015-05-28__simple-reminders-number-46.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Apple Books / iTunes:** *Recorded placement:* No. 7. *Date or chart period:* May 19, 2015. *Scope:* Books chart. *Status:* Confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__apple-itunes__bestseller-chart__2015-05-19__simple-reminders-number-7-books.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Barnes & Noble:** *Recorded placement:* No. 4. *Date or chart period:* May 20, 2015. *Scope:* Best-selling Personal Growth NOOK results. *Status:* Confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__barnes-and-noble__bestseller-chart__2015-05-20__simple-reminders-number-4-personal-growth-nook.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Amazon:** *Recorded placement:* No. 1. *Date or chart period:* May 17, 2015. *Scope:* Paid Spiritual Self-Help category. *Status:* Confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__amazon__bestseller-chart__2015-05-17__simple-reminders-number-1-spiritual-self-help.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Amazon:** *Recorded placement:* No. 11 Spiritual; No. 19 Happiness; No. 45 Books > Self-Help > Spiritual; No. 9,243 paid Kindle Store. *Date or chart period:* 2015; exact capture date unresolved. *Scope:* Product-page bestseller rankings. *Status:* Visually confirmed; original filename timestamp conflicts with visible publication date. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__amazon__bestseller-ranking__2015__simple-reminders-number-11-spiritual-number-19-happiness.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Amazon:** *Recorded placement:* No. 4 Kindle Spiritual Self-Help; No. 6 Kindle Happiness; No. 15 Books Spiritual Self-Help; No. 3,237 paid Kindle Store. *Date or chart period:* 2015; exact capture date unresolved. *Scope:* Product-page bestseller rankings. *Status:* Visually confirmed; original filename timestamp conflicts with the visible publication date. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__amazon__bestseller-ranking__2015__simple-reminders-number-4-spiritual-number-6-happiness.png|ᴘɴɢ]] - **Amazon ranking sequence:** *Recorded placements:* No. 1 Hot New Release in Spiritual Self-Help [[sources/bryant-mcgill__amazon__hot-new-release-ranking__2015__simple-reminders-number-1-spiritual-self-help.png|ᴘɴɢ]]; No. 3 Spiritual Self-Help, behind Eckhart Tolle and Michael A. Singer [[sources/bryant-mcgill__amazon__bestseller-ranking__2015__simple-reminders-number-3-spiritual-self-help.png|ᴘɴɢ]]; No. 8 Spiritual, between Eckhart Tolle and Marianne Williamson [[sources/bryant-mcgill__amazon__bestseller-ranking__2015__simple-reminders-number-8-spiritual.png|ᴘɴɢ]]; No. 1 Bestseller badge in Happiness on May 13 [[sources/bryant-mcgill__amazon__bestseller-badge__2015-05-13__simple-reminders-number-1-happiness.png|ᴘɴɢ]]; and No. 1 Spiritual, No. 3 Happiness, No. 5 Books Happiness, and No. 745 paid Kindle Store on May 18 [[sources/bryant-mcgill__amazon__product-ranking__2015-05-18__number-1-spiritual-number-3-happiness.png|ᴘɴɢ]]. *Status:* Visually confirmed volatile retailer snapshots; captures whose filename predates the visible publication date are dated only to 2015. On *The Wall Street Journal* list, *Simple Reminders* at number 2 appeared four places above Ashlee Vance's *Elon Musk* at number 6. A second photographed newspaper record independently preserves the same number-two placement [[sources/bryant-mcgill__wall-street-journal__printed-bestseller-list__2015-05-24__simple-reminders-number-2.png|ᴘɴɢ]]. The methodology printed with the list states that Nielsen BookScan gathered point-of-sale data from **more than 16,000 U.S. locations**, representing **about 85% of national book sales** [[sources/bryant-mcgill__wall-street-journal__bestseller-methodology__2015-05__nielsen-bookscan-coverage.png|ᴘɴɢ]]. This explains the list's coverage; it is not a separate sales total for *Simple Reminders*. ## Influence and Platform Rankings - **Klout:** *Recorded measure:* Score 82; top 0.1% of users. *Period:* Undated historical post. *Scope:* Klout platform influence ranking. *Status:* Visually confirmed. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__klout__influence-score__undated__score-82-top-point-one-percent.png|ᴘɴɢ]] Klout's verified account addressed McGill directly and stated that a score of **82** placed him in the **top 0.1%** of its users. The post does not disclose the date or methodology behind the score. - **Owner-produced social-audience badge:** *Recorded values:* Top 0.1%; 39.3 thousand Twitter followers; 706 Instagram followers; 1.5 million Facebook likes. *Period:* Dec. 12, 2014 capture. *Scope:* Account names and ranking service are not visible. *Status:* Preserved as owner-produced collateral, not independent verification. [[sources/bryant-mcgill__social-audience__owner-badge__2014-12-12__top-point-one-percent-1-point-5-million-facebook.png|ᴘɴɢ]] ## Statistics Intake Schema Future quantitative records should preserve: - metric name and exact displayed value - unit and whether the value is rounded - reporting period and capture date - platform, publication, list, or retailer - account, page, post, book, or network scope - whether the figure represents impressions, reach, unique users, followers, subscribers, engagements, clicks, sales, rank, or another measure - source type: native dashboard, retailer chart, audited report, media statement, owner context, or calculation - verification status and any necessary methodological boundary - canonical source and sidecar links - named entity or property measured, such as Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders, McGill Media, the Royal Society, or a specific account or domain - role of any comparison entity: owned property, associated project, institutional publisher, benchmark, or third-party comparator ## Pending Quantitative Reconciliation - Subscriber totals across the McGill Media page network - Paid versus organic distribution records - Individual viral posts and comparisons with major publishers or public figures - *Inc.* engagement comparison and media-enterprise description - Nasdaq recognition connected specifically with organic-growth metrics - Book sales totals, Nielsen BookScan reports, retailer histories, and additional bestseller weeks - Cross-platform totals beyond the presently normalized Sprout Social group report - Additional Royal Society dashboards connecting visible metrics to a named group page or complete native export - Remaining Alexa, website-ranking, reach, engagement, follower, subscriber, and individual-post dashboards for Bryant McGill, Simple Reminders, and McGill Media ## Provenance - [[_normalization/Naming and Evidence Policy|Naming and Evidence Policy]] - [[_normalization/Normalization Log|Normalization Log]]