Topsy Labs

Topsy Labs, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySocial network analytics[1]
Founded2007
FounderVipul Ved Prakash
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
Gary Iwatani
Justin Foutts
DefunctDecember 16, 2015
FateAcquired by Apple Inc.
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Duncan Greatwood - CEO
Vipul Ved Prakash - Co-Founder and CTO
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh – Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Rich Maier – SVP, Sales
Jamie de Guerre – VP, Product
Ted Cui – VP, Engineering
David Berk – VP, Operations
ServicesTwitter and Google+ analytics
OwnerTwitter
Websitetopsy.com Edit this on Wikidata

Topsy Labs was a social search and analytics company based in San Francisco, California.[1][2] The company was a certified Twitter partner and maintained a comprehensive index of tweets, numbering in the hundreds of billions, dating back to Twitter's inception in 2006.[3][4][5]

Topsy made products to search, analyze and draw insights from conversations and trends on the public social websites including Twitter and Google+.[6][7][8]

The company was acquired by Apple Inc. in December 2013, and shut down on December 16, 2015.

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  2. ^ "Topsy Pro Analytics Lets Users Analyze Over 100 Billion Tweets From The Last 2+ Years". Marketingland.com. 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  3. ^ "Topsy: Now Searching Tweets Back To May 2008". Searchengineland.com. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  4. ^ "Topsy | Twitter Developers". Dev.twitter.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  5. ^ Goel, Vindu (2013-09-04). "If Google Could Search Twitter, It Would Find Topsy". New York Times.
  6. ^ Tam, Donna (2012-08-21). "Topsy tailors tool to tease out Twitter trends to a 'T' | Internet & Media". CNET. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  7. ^ "7 Ways Marketers Can Leverage Topsy Pro". Ignite Social Media. 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  8. ^ Gannes, Liz (2011-10-11). "Topsy Adds Real-Time Search for Google+". AllThingsD. Retrieved 2013-05-14.