1M Skype apps for iPhone in less than 48 hours

We all speculated that the launch of the Skype application for the iPhone would be hot, but not this hot. The free downloads came in at an average clip of ~6 downloads per second. I give another high five to my Skype colleagues who can proudly add this new mind boggling record to their collection (and to the 1 Billion downloads of the Skype client since inception; some other Skype facts here).

The Skype nation is a fitting product of the new world that we live in. It has taken only 2 years for Facebook to hit the 50M audience mark. Contrast that with Radio and TV hitting the same mark after 38 years and 13 years respectively. I learned about these and other factoids in this cool video:

I will admit that I cherish my 6-character-only Skype ID. It dates me as an early Skype adopter (’twas 2004). Much like my parents were proud owners of a 4 digit phone number easy to operate on the rotary dial. Long life to Skype.

Addendum: Downloads are now (4/7/09) well past 2M. Last update on subject.