Social Media Revolution ( Great Social Media Statistics )

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Is Social Media a Fad? Or the biggest shift since the Industrial Revolution?
50% of the worlds population is under 30 years old 96% have joined a social network:
Facebook has topped google for weekly traffic in the US:
Social Media has overtaken pornography as the #1 activity on the web:
1 out of 8 couples married in the US met via Social Media
It took radio 38 years to reach 50 million Users.. Facebook added 200 Million in under a year!
It took TV 13 years to reach 50 Million Users.. Facebook added 200 Million in under a year!
It took the internet 4 years to reach 50 million users.. Facebook added 200 Million in under a year!
It took the IPOD 3 years to reach 50 Million users.. Facebook added 200 Million in under a year!
"we don't have a choice on whether we do social media, the question is how well we do it."
If Facebook were a country it would be the world's 3rd largest
US Dept of Education study revealed that online students out performed those receiving face to face instruction
80% of companies use social media for recruitment
95% of companies use LinkedIn for recruitment
The fastest growing segment on Facebook is 55-65 year old females
Ashton Kutcher & Britney Spears have more twitter followers than the entire poputlation of Sweden
Ashton Kutcher & Britney Spears have more twitter followers than the entire poputlation of Isreal
Ashton Kutcher & Britney Spears have more twitter followers than the entire poputlation of Switzerland
Ashton Kutcher & Britney Spears have more twitter followers than the entire poputlation of Ireland
Ashton Kutcher & Britney Spears have more twitter followers than the entire poputlation of Norway
Ashton Kutcher & Britney Spears have more twitter followers than the entire poputlation of Panama
50% of the mobile internet traffic in the UK is for Facebook... what does this mean for customer experiences?
What Happens in Vegas Stays on Twitter
What Happens in Vegas Stays on Facebook
What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube
YouTube is the 2nd Largest Search Engine in the world
In the time it takes you to watch this Social Media Video... 100+ hours of video will be uploaded to YouTube
Wiki is an Hawaiian term = Quick
Wikipedia has over 15 million articles
Studies show that Wikipedia is as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica
There are over 200,000,000 Blogs!
Social Media: Word of mouth.. or world of mouth?
25% of search results for the worlds top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content:
34% of bloggers post opinions about products & brands
People care more about how their social graph ranks products and services than how Google ranks them
78% of consumers trust peer recommendations... 14% trust advertisements
Only 18% of traditional TV campaigns gererate a positive Return on Investment
90% of people skip ads via TiVo or DVR
24 of the 25 largest newspapers are experiencing record declines in circulation
60 Million + status updates happen on Facebook daily
We no longer search for the news.. The news finds us!
We will no longer search for products and services...they will find us via social media
Social media is a fundamental shift in the way we communicate
Social media: Listening first, selling second