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User philhamlin's version from 2009-12-11 05:15

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Interesting video on social media

Facts about social media from the video (click memorize below)

2010 is the year that Gen Y will outnumber Baby Boomers
96% is the percentage of Gen Y'ers that have joined a social network
1 out of 8 is the number of couples married in the US last year that met via social media
38 years is the amount of time it took Radio to reach 50 million users
13 years is the amount of time it took TV to reach 50 million users
4 years is the amount of time it took the Internet to reach 50 million users
3 years is the amount of time it took the iPod to reach 50 million users
< 9 months is the amount of time it took Facebook to add 100 million users
9 months is the amount of time it took iPod application downloads to hit 1 billion
4th is where Facebook would rank in the world's population hierarchy if it was a country
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1 in 6 is the number of higher education students enrolled in online curriculum
80% is the number of companies using linkedin as their primary tool to find employees.
55 - 65 year old females is the fastest growing segment on Facebook
Ashton Kutcher and Ellen DeGeneres are twitter users who have more followers than the entire population of Ireland, Norway, and Panama
80% is the amount of twitter usage that occurs on mobile devices
2009 is the year Boston College stopped issuing email addresses to incoming freshmen (Gen Y and Z consider email passe)
Youtube is the world's second-largest search engine
>100,000,000 is the number of videos on youtube
78% is the proportion of Wikipedia Articles that are non-English
13 million is the number of articles on Wikipedia
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>200,000,000 is the number of blogs
54% is the proportion of bloggers who post content / tweet daily
25% is the proportion of search results for the world's top 20 brands that are links to user-generated content
34% is the proportion of bloggers who post opinions about products and brands
78% is the proportion of consumers who trust peer recommendations
14% is the proportion of consumers who trust advertisements
18% is the proportion of traditional TV campaigns that generate a positive ROI
63 million was number of hulu streams in April 2008
373 million was number of hulu streams in April 2009
70% is the proportion of 18- to 34-year-olds who have watched TV on the Web
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33% is the proportion of 18- to 34-year-olds who have ever viewed a show on DVR or TiVo
25% is the proportion of Americans who have watched a short video on their phone in the past month.
35% is the proportion of book sales on Amazon that are for the kindle
24 out of 25 is the number of the nation's largest newspapers experiencing record declines in circulation
>1.5 million is the number of pieces of content (links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photos, etc.) shared daily on Facebook
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