21 Social Media Facts

Here at Datavo, we love social media so we thought we would find out some info to share with you about each of the the leading sites.

Facebook

• Facebook has 955 Million monthly active users, of which 58% are active daily.
• The average Facebook user has 130 friends and is connected to 80 pages. 
• Facebook is photography’s 800 pound gorilla with 300 million photos shared per day.

YouTube 

• Over 800 million unique users visit YouTube every month.
• 70% of YouTube traffic comes from outside the US.
• YouTube is in 43 countries and across 60 languages.

Twitter

• Twitter skews female: Women account for 53% of Twitter users.
• The average age of Twitter users has decreased. - Over 70% of users are between 15 and 25
• Twitter isn't a social media community for most users.- bout three out four users have 50 or less followers on Twitter

Google+

• As a part of Google, it’s important to stake your turf on this social media platform since it can influence your search rankings.
• Two thirds of the Top 100 brands have a Google+ brand page
• Google+ gets mobile.- Its app is pre-installed in the 900,000 Android devices activated every day. 

LinkedIn

• Approximately 2 new professionals join LinkedIn per second. 
• 175+ million members in over 200 countries
• 2+ million companies have LinkedIn Company Pages. 
• 38% of LinkedIn members are located in U.S.

Pinterest

• About 70% of US pinners have household income of $25,000-$74,999 
• About 25% of Pinterest users have college degree or higher degree
• About 60% of pinners are in their mid-20s to mid-40s.

Blogs

• Blog two to three times per week for your blog to yield 75% of customer acquisition value.
• Blogs require fifty or more posts before traffic starts to grow.