“Using the stats provided, I wanted viewers to be excited by large amounts of data. I tried creating more dynamic visuals and illustrations to ‘show’ the reader and make them read less. I also wanted readers to have an experience while reading this graphic. I chose the long and thin web infographic format for that reason. The reader gets to focus on small bits of data at a time and digest it before moving on.”

-Megan Hillman

Taken from: Nielsen.com

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Every 60 Seconds in Social Media

39 Social Media Statistics to Start 2012

Stats from Social Media Revolution 3

Over 50% of the world’s population is under 30-years-old
In 10 years over 40% of the Fortune 500 will no longer be here
Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the Web
Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the U.S.
1 in 5 couples meet online; 3 in 5 gay couples meet online
1 in 5 divorces are blamed on Facebook

What happens in Vegas stays on YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook…
2009 US Department of Education study revealed that on average, online students out performed those receiving face-to-face instruction
If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 3rd largest and 2x the size of the U.S. population
80% of companies use social media for recruitment; % of these using LinkedIn 95%
A new member joins LinkedIn every second
We don’t have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is how well we DO it.”
Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of North Korea, Australia, Chile…Israel, Sweden, Greece,
Over 32 million have watched the Volkswagen Darth Vader Kid advertisement on YouTube
Child actor has never seen Star Wars
Ford Explorer launch on Facebook more effective than a Super Bowl Ad
50% of the mobile Internet traffic in the UK is for Facebook…people update anywhere, anytime…imagine what that means for bad customer experiences?
Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passé – some universities have stopped distributing e-mail accounts
69% of parents are “friends” with their children on social media
eReaders have surpassed traditional book sales
Groupon will reach $1 billion in sales faster than any company in history
There were over 75 million more people playing Farmville than there were real Farmers
Social Gamers to buy 6 billion in virtual goods by 2013; movie goers only buy 2.5 million in concessions
The #2 largest search engine in the world is YouTube
While you watch this 100+ hours of video will be uploaded to YouTube
If Wikipedia were made into a book it would be 2.25 million pages long
Because of the speed in which social media enables communication, word of mouth now becomes world of mouth
25% of search results for the World’s Top 20 largest brands are links to user-generated content
34% of bloggers post opinions about products & brands
Do you like what they are saying about your brand? You better.
90% of consumers trust peer recommendations
Only 14% trust advertisements
Only 18% of traditional TV campaigns generate a positive ROI
90% of people that can TiVo ads do
93% of marketers use social media for business
We will non longer search for products and services, they will find us via social media
Social Media isn’t a fad, it’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate
The ROI of social media is that your business will still exist in 5 years
Babies have been named Facebook in Egypt

Source: Socialnomics

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