
It's the end of an era. Michael Jackson produced 13 No. 1 hits and earned 13 Grammy Awards on his way to reviving the music industry and inspiring millions (maybe billions) world-wide.In his memory we're asking you what your favorite Michael Jackson songs are...

Today we added similarity scores. In case you’re wondering what that is, it’s a comparison of how similar you are to others on UpGuppy and how close someone else’s ranking of a specific topic is to yours.You can see the similarity scores at work in two spots. The ...

Note: you can rank the cartoons, and add you own on the UpGuppy Facebook Application here - http://apps.facebook.com/upguppy/ranking/174558 1. The New Yorker Cover 2008No cartoon in recent months has attracted as much attention as this cover of the New Yorker...

I've been a big fan of TED ever since I was introduced to it about 2 years ago. For those of you who don't know, TED is an annual conference that brings together leaders and thinkers from all facets of life to promote "ideas worth sharing." They post several of the talks on their website...

Whether you prefer to rush, saunter, or simply walk into a public restroom when the time comes, you are inevitably presented with a choice: Which of the porcelain shrines shall be blessed with your presence...

The Princeton Review has just released its latest list of the biggest party schools in the country...

Just a quick note that we finally reached 4 digits (just 7 or so to go before world domination!). Thanks to all our users for checking out the app and providing ongoing feedback. We look forward to continuing to hear from you.

We rolled out a bunch of new features today that we're hoping you like (you can thank Daniel O'Shea for all his hard work on this front):1) Commenting in the house. We got the message loud and clear that you wanted to talk about rankings not just rank them...

With the off season now in full swing, I have been looking for some excuse to once again indulge the football shaped hole in my heart...

The Pew Global Attitudes Project recently announced that Chinese citizens are the most optimistic people in the world regarding their national economy and the direction their country is heading (read here). In stark contrast, according to the survey, only 23% of U.S. citizens believe the U.S...

Alex Acree caught the entrepreneurial bug a few years ago and is still alive to tell about it. He's the CEO of UpGuppy, before which he helped start a legal outsourcing company, internet fashion magazine, community bank, and nonprofit community organization...

CNN's iReport is asking the age-old question for gamers: which games are your favorite? There are thousands to choose from over the last 30 years. IGN and countless other video game mags have posed the question to their readers. Now, I'd like to do the same for UpGuppy users...

I recently received the following from a friend:"I’m not much of an expert on anything? You sure you want me to create a ranking?"When we created UpGuppy we had two major goals. First, we wanted to develop a tool that would move rankings away from the purview of experts. ...

Inspired by WALL-E's theatrical release last week, Lucas Kaiser and Eric Amonson at FilmWad recently did a ranking of The 13 Best Movie Robots...














