Two of the most popular online destinations for Bible readers YouVersion and Bible Gateway reported robust increase in traffic in the first book of the Old Testament following the release of “Noah” last week.
The movie “Noah” hit theaters on Friday the 28th of March 2014. As the anticipated Darren Aronofsky film, people opening the Noah story in Genesis 6 increased about 300% in US & 245% globally on Bible App YouVersion,” reported YouVersion on Twitter on Tuesday.
In the days after Noah hit theaters, people opening the Noah story in Genesis 6 increased about 300% in US & 245% globally on @YouVersion.
— YouVersion Bible App (@YouVersion) April 2, 2014
Visits to the Noah story in Genesis 6-9 at Bible Gateway saw a 223% increase over the previous weekend,” tweeted Bible Gateway on Thursday.
In addition to YouVersion, an app of the Scriptures which hit 100 million downloads last summer, and the website, BibleGateway, Google trends also showed spike in substantial increase in search queries for the Old Testament text.
– Christian Post
