Astonishing Social Media Stats

Have you ever wondered about the power of Social Media?  Well we are going to give you some stats that will blow your mind.  We promise to keep it short and sweet.

There are approximately 1 billion users on Facebook.  That is almost 15% of the worlds entire population.

• There are 250 million active users on Twitter.
• There are almost 100 million active users on Google+
• There are about 135 million active users on LinkedIn
• Pinterest has a little over 10 million users

• 54% of Facebook users post from their mobile devices
• Facebook accounts for around 25% of all referral traffic
• Almost 20% of local business search is done on Facebook
• The fastest growing segment of Social Media users is 45-54 year olds

• Enough information is consumed to fill 168 million DVDs
• 294 billion emails are sent
• 2 million blog posts are written (enough posts to fill TIME magazine for 770 million years)
• 172 million people visit Facebook
• 40 million visit Twitter
• 22 million visit LinkedIn
• 20 million visit Google+
• 17 million visit Pinterest
• 4.7 billion minutes are spent on Facebook
• 532 million statuses are updated
• 250 million photos are uploaded
• 22 million hours of tv and movies are watched on Netflix
• 864,000 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube
• More than 35 million apps are downloaded
• More iPhones are sold than people are born