Holy cow... 6mm users and growing 300k/day!

First the big news: iLike now has 6 million users, and adding another million every few days!  We believe this makes us the Web's fastest-growing music service (see today's press release).

 

The most amazing part is our overnight success on Facebook.  The Facebook Platform enables new services to enjoy an unprecedented rate of viral growth, and our recently-launched iLike for Facebook has been kicking butt.

 

Launching just over two weeks ago, iLike on Facebook signed up a million users in its first week; then a million more in the 5 days, and another million in the next 4 days.  We're currently signing up about 300,000 new users per day.  (See graph.)

 

Could iLike on Facebook actually be the most rapidly-adopted technology launch in history?  Or top ten?  Heck, we have no idea... but it sure sounds good!  If you know of any faster-growing technology, please post it in the comments here.

 

Linking your accounts on iLike.com and Facebook

We know a lot of you are asking us how to link your iLike.com account with your new Facebook account. We're working on it!  Sorry this isn't already done -- we had to cut some corners in our mad rush to build our Facebook service, and now we're racing the clock to keep up with the traffic growth. But we know it's important and we'll get to it.

 

Recent improvements

• You can add a music video to your Facebook profile using iLike. We've also made it easier to re-order your Songs iLike or choose to put more than 5 on your profile
• We now support Canadian concert data (on iLike.com and on Facebook)
• COMING SOON: We've built a tool for musicians to upload full-length songs to their artist pages that works faster/smoother than the current model of uploading music at GarageBand.com. We're currently testing this with a small number of musicians, but we're gonna open the floodgates soon. 

iLike in the press:

here are a few recent interviews that Ali (our CEO) has done, spreading the word about iLike.  (Actually, the interviews are mostly just praising Facebook's Platform -- wait, is this guy on Facebook's payroll?)

1. VentureBeat interview - “In the history of computing, there was the personal computer, there was Windows, there was the web, and now the Facebook platform.”
2. InsideFacebook interview - "We made a big bet on the Facebook platform, and it has already paid off.  Now we’re going all in."
3. OnlineFandom interview - "Already we can tell that iLike on Facebook will be *better* for the consumer than iLike.com on its own."

Comments

[livefire]

DUGG: http://digg.com/music/Holy_cow_6mm_users_and_growing_300k_day

Keep on truckin, baby.

-Mike

[Nikesh]

Way to go iLike team! That is awesome news.

[Damon]

I think the graph is a little misleading, as iLike did exist before it utilised the Facebook platform.

Good work all the same!

[Song]

Congratulations on your sharp angle of growth!
with Face book, wish you guys a good luck!
It is always inspiring when I see people do their best!

[Daniel Richard]

Woah! 300k new users per day is a figure I can only dream of having! Congrats on ya exponential growth guys. Its awesome to see such great success coming one's way :D

[Danielle Farrar]

I'm one of those people who found out about you from someone who found out about you from Facebook. I love the app! I love the sidebar! I love you guys!!!

http://www.ilike.com/user/HelloNormal (that's me!)

[Brad Fults]

You guys really did a great job on the Facebook app. It was by far the most polished and complete app at the launch and you deserve all of the success you get from that hard work.

Congrats.

[angela]

Great job. Congratz