Relevant Social Media Statistics for 2011
1. Over 50% of the world’s population is under 30-years-old
2. In 10 years over 40% of the Fortune 500 will no longer be here
3. Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the Web
4. Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the U.S.
5. 1 in 5 couples meet online; 3 in 5 gay couples meet online
6. 1 in 5 divorces are blamed on Facebook
7. What happens in Vegas stays on YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook…
8. 2009 US Department of Education study revealed that on average, online students out performed those receiving face-to-face instruction
9. If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 3rd largest and 2x the size of the U.S. population
10. 80% of companies use social media for recruitment; % of these using LinkedIn 95%
Sources of Social Media Statistics:
1. Source: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/broker http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpopinfo.php [roughly 52% based on table data] | 2010 U.S. 310,232,863 | 2010 World 6,814,609,654 | 30 and under: 3,548,760,268 / 6,814,609,654 = 52% http://sasweb.ssd.census.gov/idb/worldpopinfo.html
2. Babson Olin School of Business Advertisement, Fast Company April 2011, page 121. 40% of companies at top of fortune 500 rankings were no longer there in 2010
3. Source: Huffington Post
4. Source: Hitwise Intelligence Heather Dougherty http://weblogs.hitwise.com/heather-dougherty/2010/03/facebook_reaches_top_ranking_i.html
5. Michael J. Rosenfeld, Stanford University* and Reuben J. Thomas, The City College of New York; Meeting Online: The Rise of the Internet as a Social Intermediary,Page 46, http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/february8/rosenfeld-online-dating-02112010.htmlhttp://www.stanford.edu/~mrosenfe/Rosenfeld_How_Couples_Meet_Working_Paper.pdf; Via: Adam Gorlik, “Forget Cupid. Online connections have valentines falling in love, Stanford researcher says,” Stanford University News,
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2010/february8/rosenfeld-online-dating-02112010.html;
1 out of 5 is also supported by Match.com Blog: http://blog.match.com/2010/05/17/stay-up-to-date-introducing-the-official-match-com-blog/
6. Tony Cooper, “One in Five U.S. Divorces Fueled by Facebook, Social Media, Recent survey by AAML shows Facebook-related antics, extramarital activity burgeoning,” San Diego News, http://www.sandiego.com/news/one-in-five-u.s.-divorces-fueled-by-facebook-social-media
7. Opinion, not a statistic
8. Source: U.S. Department of Education Study
9. Facebook and world population data
10. Source: Jobvite Social Recruitment Survey
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Some of these statistics are different from the ones in your Social Media Revolution video. Did they change so quickly?
It’s good to know that “Porn” is no longer the number one activity on the web! Thank goodness! Thanks to social media!
I love Socialnomics… Where do they teach that?
All hail SM Star EQualman!
Your Statistic is looking shocking man.You try to give knowledge or some heart attack new
Erik, thanks for sharing. My fav: “What happens in Vegas stays on YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook…”
Ricky: We need to checkout the Hangover 2
What’s the missing % in point 10 ?
10. 80% of companies use social media for recruitment; % of these using LinkedIn 95%
thanks !
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Antoine: Sorry this is just improper English for the sake of brevity.
The % = Percentage. No number is missing, I was just using Twitteresque english!
Good job! The #2 it’s scary
Social web has virtually realized the world.
very nice i like #9 and #10 the best
Juicy stats – thanks for compiling / sharing
My pleasure DK. Thanks for the support.