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Fast Facts on Social Media (from NBIZ Magazine - Winter 2011):

  • Facebook:
    Facebook has over 800 million users: 1 in 9 people on the planet
    More than 2 billion daily posts appear on Facebook
    Almost half (350 million users) access Facebook with mobile devices
  • Twitter:
    Twitter's users are the most influential online customers
    Twitter, since 2006, has 200 million users
    There are over 50 million daily tweets
  • LinkedIn:
    LinkedIn has 120 million users, with 50% outside of the US
    2 million companies have LinkedIn pages
    75 of the Fortune 100 companies use LinkedIn as part of the hiring process
    Average LinkedIn profile is male, middle-aged, more affluent and educated
  • YouTube:
    YouTube is the second most popular serach engine
    Average YouTube user spends 15 minutes
    YouTube is the third most-visited site, behind Google and Facebook
    60% of all web traffic comes from online video
  • Blogs:
    Over 100 million active blogs, ranging from personal to topic to corporate to blended
    Mobile bloggins is growing, with over 5 million mobile subscribers
    Proven social media strategy to increase primary website traffic