Last week, Foursquare published a cool new infographic to announce a major milestone for the location-based social network: 10 million users!

Based in New York, Foursquare has offered its check-in service since March 2009 and, in addition to 10 million users, has some pretty amazing stats to share. Below are some of our favorites, but the infographic boasts several more:

5 Awesome Foursquare Facts

  1. 10 million people currently use Foursquare
  2. 3 million check-ins occur each day
  3. 400,000 businesses use Foursquare as a marketing tool
  4. 78,387 venue mayors are ousted each day
  5. 358 million check-ins have occurred outside the United States

Check out the infographic below (missing animation) or click on over to the Foursquare blog to view the animated version (cool!).

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With a growing community of users, will you consider taking advantage of Foursquare for your business ? If you've tried using Foursquare for business, what have you learned?

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Originally published Jun 27, 2011 1:30:00 PM, updated October 20 2016

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