With essentially everyone signing up to some sort of social media network, it only makes sense that you know as much as possible about social media. How else can your business thrive online without knowing some stats and data? So, just in case you need a little help in managing your social media presence, here are 20 Mind-Blowing facts about social media.
Twitter has approximately 320 million monthly active users.
Of those 320 million around 100 million are active daily users.
93% of marketers are using social media.However, only 9% of marketing companies have full-time bloggers.
23% of Facebook users check their account at least 5 times a day.
60% of Google+ users login at least once a day.
Tweets featuring images receive 18% more clicks than those without.
There are more than 39 million students or recent graduates on LinkedIn.
Approximately 41% of millionaires use LinkedIn.
LinkedIn is available in 20 different languages.
More than 16 billion photos have been uploaded to Instagram since launch.
Instagram adoption among top brands stands at 85%.
Engagement rates of Instagram uploads tagged with a location are 79% higher than those without.
YouTube has over 1 billion unique visitors per month and reaches the coveted 18-34 year old demographic more than any cable network.
60% of Google+ users login at least once a day.
4.2 billion people access social media sites via mobile devices with 189 million Facebook users being ‘mobile only’.
Around 46% of web users will look towards social media when making a purchase.
Food and drink is the most popular category on Pinterest, with approximately 57% of users reporting interaction with food and drink-related pins.
Pinterest achieved the 10 million unique monthly visitor milestone faster than any other website in history, accomplishing this impressive feat in around one year.
Top 5 countries accessing Facebook are India, USA, Brazil, UK and Germany.
Every second, around 6000 tweets are sent which means over 350,000 tweets per minute, 500 million tweets per day and 200 billion tweets per year.
