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Social Media Facts and Statistics You Should Know In 2015
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There is phenomenal growth for the use and deployment of Social Media tools, consider these figures:The world’s population is at almost 7.3 Billion people;
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There are over 3 Billion Internet users throughout the world;
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There are almost 2.1 Billion active Social Media accounts worldwide;
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There are over 1.4 Billion Facebook users;
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The average account holder has just about 200 friends;
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One quarter of the total number of Facebook friend are actual, real life friends.
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Almost 50% of Facebook users are friends with their own parents;
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23% of all adult Internet users are on Twitter;
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There are 288 million active users on a monthly basis;
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88% of active users access their Twitter account on their wireless device;
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77% of the total number of Twitter users reside outside of the United States.
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The rate of account creation is two per minute;
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The 30-64 age group utilizes this Social Media platform the most;
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The fastest growing demographic on LinkedIn is the college crowd at 39,000,000.
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Instagram and Pinterest are also very popular in the Social Media world, when you also consider these statistics and trends:
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There are over 300+ million Instagrammers worldwide;70+ million photos and videos are added to Instagram on a daily basis;
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49% of all Social Media users (this includes also Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn users) visit Instagram every day of the week;
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The main demographic users of Instagram are between the ages of 18 and 29, as this group makes up 53% of the total users of this
Social Media tool.
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There has been a 5% increase YOY increase in the number of male users whom have accounts on Pinterest (this obviously represents a unique growth opportunity);
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The main age bracket of users on Pinterest are between the age of 50-64 years old, representing 27% of all account holders;
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There are over 470,000 Pinterest followers.
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Other interesting facts for 2015:*The majority of Social Media users are women at 71% versus men at 62%;
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*51% of all Social Media users experienced some sort of ‘negative’ feeling when they accessed their accounts on a particular day;
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*45% of account holders become very paranoid if they cannot access Facebook;
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*73% of users would face a huge panic attack if they lost their wireless device (such as an iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Samsung, etc.);
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*The biggest age demographics for Google+ is between 45 and 54 years of age;
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*The main point of interest on Pinterest is food, which accounts for 57% of all discussions;
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*23% of Facebook users check their accounts at least 5 times a day;
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*189 million Facebook users are ‘mobile only’;
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*46% of all users will use their Social Media tool of choice to make an online purchase.
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See the original infographic here
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