Our good friend Eric Qualman , the Socialnomics author who has made a name for himself by creating short, entertaining videos jam-packed with social media statistics, is at it again. His original video, the " Social Media Revolution ", now has 2.8 million views.
Today, Qualman released his newest video, "Social Media Statistics 2011." Check it out:
Some of the most interesting statistics in the video include:
1.
If Facebook were a country, it would be the world's third largest.
2. A new member joins LinkedIn every second.
3. 50 percent of mobile internet traffic in the UK is Facebook.
4. Social Gamers will buy $6 billion in virtual goods by 2013.
5. YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world.
What statistics do you find most interesting?
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John Trader 8:53 AM on June 09, 2011
The one statistic that stuck out the most to me was that 90% of consumers trust peer reviews and only 14% trust advertisements. Sayonara outbound marketing.
Andre Jensen 9:44 AM on June 09, 2011
Simply jaw-dropping. If you (or your company) is not investing in Social Media now, probably time to wake up folks. Very exciting times!
Kristy M. Lopez 10:23 PM on June 09, 2011
The 100 Awesome Marketing Charts e-book is great! I had an idea of some of those statistics, but not to that depth (or height, as the case may be). I have embraced FB, LinkedIn, and blogging…looks like I need to get onto Twitter as well. It is always good to stay on top of industry trends, especially when the industry is changing so rapidly.
Matthew Trinidad *DJ MattyJ - Brisbane* 2:23 AM on June 14, 2011
Very interesting stats, should've kept with the same music theme from the previous release .. Right here right now is just so appealing. This theme, bored me and I found myself to be disengaging in about 20 seconds.
Brian 1:41 PM on June 23, 2011
It is amazing to see how the social channel of Facebook and the business channel of Linkedin group more and more people tagged by demographics everyday. Yes, they offer various options to market to their members, but clearly there are opportunities for them to introduce new business models that can drive the value even further. We at www.shalomcanada.com have experimented more than once with viral marketing over the networks and found it to be very effective with results varying from 20% - 27% depending on messages. Our normal conversion is under 7%.
Alan Thompson 7:58 PM on June 29, 2011
Hi
Is it possible to find out where some of the statistics have come from?
Not doubting them at all but want to be able to quote them with confidence :-)
Great presentation.