Valentine’s Day is celebrated from the rock times of ancient Rome and later remarked in 5^th century by Pope Gelasius that February 14^th is the day to be celebrated in the honor of a soft-hearted Valentine who was sentenced to death for performing secret marriages. The first written Valentine greetings appeared in the 15^th century and by 17^th century people started a tradition of exchanging cards or letters. It is since then, Valentine’s Day started spreading out to various parts of the world.

With its significance for love and romance, today, Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular celebrations in United States and in many other parts of the world. According to a survey by a popular television channel, more than 62% of Americans celebrate by sending greeting cards and flowers, candy and gifts or by having romantic dinners. 1 Billion Valentine’s cards are sent each year from all across the country to their loved ones.

Despite the history of love and romance, today’s digital world has brought us many pathways to convey Valentine greetings. Some write open letters to their Valentine using the social media and some blog or vlog. There are some specific couples who have been on the internet to spread their joy and romance with a mix of creativity and fun.

After a long research, we finally classified and analysed the best digital valentines of the year 2016 and prepared a list on the most famous digital Valentines (from among the famous social media couples). The criteria we used to gather them is as follows.

• We considered several social media platforms such as Facebook, Youtube, Vines and Instagram just because we wanted to have a broader scope and to search for some awesome digital couples all around the world.
  • We also tracked some Hashtags like #valentine, #valentinesday, #love, #happyvalentinesday in order to gather any other interesting social media valentines that we missed.
• From among the couples who presented themselves on social media, we considered those that are actually in love.
• We also considered the content restrictions based on age and made sure that their posts on social media are not limited to a specific age group or gender.
• We then measured the response rate based on their fans and depending upon the views, likes and shares they got.
• Our research is however limited to couples who have been either elected/awarded by a recognized company or an institution such as a media/awards agency/conference that is popular online.
• We excluded movie stars and corporate celebrities just to make sure we are giving enough room for the new comers with a lot of love in the digital age.
• We also discarded dating or dating apps to make sure our post is not content restricted.
• For convenience, we only measured the overall year’s digital activity of boys (who are considered as the Valentine for their girls) disregard of their activity on this Valentine’s Day 2016.

Here, is an insight on the final list of digital valentines we gathered for the year 2016.

10. Samuel Taipale and Hildegunn Taipale

A Finnish and Norwegian couple, share their love digitally not just because Samuel is a professional photographer but they both love each other and wanted to travel. They have 130,000 followers on their Instagram feed. With some other friends Samuel also started YouTube traveler's blog by name “travel feels” that is getting good response.

A video posted by Samuel Taipale (@eljackson) on Sep 6, 2015 at 10:51am PDT

9. Peter Sedlacik and Zuzu Galova 

This couple is from Australia who present their world in both the angles. Their theme defines the ultimate sense of gratitude towards each other and feelings upon each other. Though they face opposite directions to capture a moment, their images show that they always travel with a single soul. It’s just a lens between us and them.

A photo posted by Lens Between Us (@lensbetweenus) on Oct 27, 2015 at 6:58pm PDT 

8. Alfie Deyes and Zoe Elizabeth Sugg

The UK couple, Alfie and Zeo support each other for video Vlogging. Okay, to be more accurate, Alfie support Zoe Elizabehth known for her Youtuble channel “Zoella” with 10 Million Followers. Let’s give them some privacy for now and move on to the next.

7. Stevo Dirnberger and Chanel Cartell

Stevo Dirnberger and Chanel Cartell quit their job and started from their home in South Africa to wherever time took them. As of Feb. 14^th they are in 105 335km away from Cape Town, South Africa. They never turned back home and most of their images convey the same.

A video posted by How Far From Home (@howfarfromhome) on Feb 14, 2016 at 11:25am PST 

6. King Keraun and Simone Shepherd

After his release from jail, King Keraun turned out to be one of the best Viners (6 second video makers on vine.co). It wouldn’t have happened without his girlfriend Simone Shepherd. Both have different career goals but are in love and never stopped making videos together. As of today, both have more than 3 million fans on vine.co and several 100 thousands on YouTube.

5. Stephen Parry and Jess Valentine Stephen Parry and Jess Valentine, both run a travel vlog traveling all around the world spreading their love and fun wherever they go. Both together have roughly 40,000 Followers on Instagram alone. 4. Kendrick Brinson and David Walter Banks They met in a photojournalism class, fell in love with photography and with each other a couple of years later. Brinson and Banks paired up as a photography team based in Los Angeles, and now collaborate with their team to develop lifestyle imagery. They run by the name @BrinsonBanks on tumblr and other social media sites sharing their incredible photography and love with the world.

3. Murad Osmann and Nataly Zakharova This couple from Russia captured Instagram with their desperate love theme of a boy “Murad Osmann” following a girl “Nataly Zakharova” where ever she goes. Although it not easy to prepare a setup to just capture the photographs, it is their love that might have given them strength to be patient and keep moving in life while enjoying every bit of it. They have 3.8 Million followers on Instagram alone.

A photo posted by Murad Osmann (@muradosmann) on Nov 12, 2015 at 9:27am PST

2. Casey Neistat and Candice Pool

Casey Neistat is a one man army who presents miraculous creativity in each and every one of his video. Candice Pool is very supportive to what Casey has determined to do in his life. They have been in love for more than 8 years and they also have a baby. Their digital love is so natural without any settings and pre-determined backgrounds. We can also call it a day-to-day love and life of a person with infinite creativity in video logging. As of today Casey has 2 Million subscribers on YouTube alone and Casey logs at least 1 video every day.

1. Jay Alvarrez and Alexis Ren

Jay Alvarrez and Alexis Ren exemplify a strong relationship, love and affection in their digital life. They have 2 million followers on Instagram and more YouTube views than any other valentine here. Their digital love seems to be very natural and shows a strong bondage between each other.

This concludes with Jay Alvarrez and Alexis Ren in the top position.

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