Celebrity backing helps sport social network triple in size

USA: Sport fans have flooded the sport social network, Sportlobster, with over three users per minute signing up since the site's iPhone app was launched by sporting celebrities on October 25, 2013.

Investment from current Formula One driver, Mark Webber and ex-England international, Michael Owen, has helped Sportlobster jump to over 100,000 page views per day; unique daily visitors to the site have tripled to over 40,000 and around 4,000 predictions are now being made daily on sporting events - triple the pre-app launch number.

The site has been a hit with a host of sporting names who have been using the site regularly since its April 2013 launch, including England rugby international James Haskell; ex-Arsenal footballer Ray Parlour and Sky Sports F1 Presenter, Natalie Pinkham - who has recently become a Sportlobster ambassador.

Sportlobster CEO, Andy Meikle, has recently returned from trips to Madrid, Barcelona and the Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi with agreements made with some of the biggest household names in sport.