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What Are the Latest Statistics on Social Media Sites Like YouTube?

Social media is always changing. New trends and technology are brought to the market constantly, and keeping up with these changes is quite a challenge. Most changes involve advances in hardware and new integrated features that allow users to use social media sites for a growing number of purposes.  DC area video production companies such as Fairfax Video Studio are helping clients adapt to and take advantage of the daily advances in social media technology.

 

The following statistics indicate certain evolving trends in social media usage:

 

            YouTube

• 35 hours of video uploaded each minute
• Over 700 billion playbacks in 2010
•  Most users are 18-54 years old
• Over 4 million users utilize the video auto sharing option

 

            Facebook

• More than 500 million users worldwide
• Users spend over 700 billion minutes on Facebook combined each month
• Over 30 billion pieces of content shared each month
• Each month over 250 million users connect with Facebook through external sites using the "Like" function
• Over 200 million users access Facebook through mobile devices at any given time
• Users who access Facebook with phones are twice as active as non-phone users

 

            Twitter

• Around 20 million adults will use Twitter per month
• More than 200 million users around the world
• As of September 2010, 95 million tweets sent out each day

 

            Linked In

• Now has more than 100 million users
• Adding about 1 million users each week
• Used in 200 different countries
• 56 million users are outside of the US

 

These statistics show that more and more people are integrating social media into their daily routines.  Word travels almost instantaneously via social media sites, and millions of people are staying up to date with current events in the US and around the world by using social media instead of traditional news sources.  If you haven't integrated your marketing efforts with these and other social media sites, you may be ignoring a tremendously powerful marketing tool.  Contact us toll free at 877-477-STUDIO for a consultation and order our free Video Marketing DVD today.