Facebook: 15M people talking about ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, 1.2M videos posted

People all over Facebook are soaking themselves with ice water to bring awareness to ALS — including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.

But how widespread has this been? Facebook released statistics Friday, showing that 15 million people across the social network have posted about, commented or liked a post related to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. People have also posted more than 1.2 million videos.

Facebook commented on the challenge, which apparently started in Boston:

The spread structure is centered around Boston.

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