What the F@@k is Social Media Now
Cath Sample
Tuesday, 20 July 2010 by AdministratorONE-THIRD. The proportion of women aged 18-34 who check Facebook when they first wake up—even before going to the bathroom.
The third installment of the infamous slideshow, "What The F**ck Is Social Media? " has been published over at Slideshare by Marta Kagan. Nice visuals and updated statistics bring home the message that Social Media is now way more powerful at reaching people than many traditional advertising methods. The following are only a few of the statistics illustrated by the presentation.
- 500 BILLION. The number of minutes spent on Facebook per month. LAST YEAR, THAT NUMBER WAS A MEASLY 150 BILLION.
- 500 BILLION. The number of peer influence impressions Americans generate per year via social media. 62% of those impressions come from Facebook.
- 24 HOURS. The amount of video uploaded to YouTube every minute.
THAT’S MORE THAN DOUBLE LAST YEAR’S VOLUME.
- 2 BILLION. The number of YouTube videos viewed per day. THAT’S TWICE AS MANY AS LAST YEAR.
- 4 BILLION. The number of images hosted on Flickr.
- NINETY-FIVE. The percentage of companies using LinkedIn to find and attract employees. 59% use Facebook and 42% use Twitter.
- 1 in 6. The number of marriages last year between people who met through social media. THAT’S MORE THAN TWICE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO MET AT BARS, CLUBS, AND OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS COMBINED.
- 27 MILLION. The average number of “tweets” per day on Twitter. THAT’S 8X LAST YEAR’S VOLUME.
