NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2015 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the first organization to surpass one billion loops on Vine. The milestone comes just months after the NBA became the first sports league to reach one million Vine followers in April.
Since joining the platform in 2013 with a vine of Chris Bosh practicing three-pointers during the NBA Finals, the NBA has built Vine’s largest following among all sports leagues, teams and players – more than 1.45 million – by engaging fans with game highlights, behind-the-scenes access and unique content from players to Vine artists. At NBA All-Star 2015, Zack LaVine’s Slam Dunk performance propelled the league past 33 million loops of the weekend’s events.
Top 10 Most-Looped NBA Vines
- LeBron from waaaaaaaay downtown!
- Like father, like daughter.
- Riley Curry know how to make an entrance.
- We’re just gonna leave this here…
- #NoGifts
- Shabazz Napier shakes and bakes in Brooklyn for the Miami HEAT!
- John Wall is out here making 360 layups look easy!
- How did Stephen Curry do this?
- Steph tries to draw the foul, throws it up, & it’s good anyway!
- It doesn’t count, ,but… An accidental 94-footer?
During the 2014-15 season, NBA.com and the NBA app amassed 4.2 billion video views from fans around the world, a new league record for most video views in a season.
To celebrate this week’s milestone, the NBA will be re-sharing some of its most-looped vines and posting custom content with special archived highlights of NBA legends.
