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Everything you wanted to know about Facebook – Facts and Figures 2012

Did you know that Facebook is responsible for 20% of all US Internet traffic? That might explain why they’re worth approximately 100 Billion Dollars these days. Here’s a list of the most compelling facts and figures about Facebook.com.

  • 901 million monthly active users.
  • Most popular page: Facebook, with 67,385,331 fans.
  • 300 million photos uploaded per day, as of March 31, 2012.
  • By the end of March 2011 there had been 125 billion friend connections
  • Users are registering 3.2 billion Likes and Comments per day.
  • Average time spent is 19 minutes a day.
  • Most popular app: Socialcam, with 51,500,000 users.
  • More than 42 million Pages with ten or more Likes at the end of March 2012.
  • Facebook is available in more than 70 languages.

Everything you wanted to know about Facebook – Facts and Figures 2012

New on LinkedIn: Group Statistics, Re-arrange Profile, New Events & Alumni

It seems that LinkedIn is roling out a few new and much wanted features and improvements this week. First there was the highly desired option to re-arrange your positions on your profile, then they send me a mailing to check my LinkedIn Alumni, yesterday they announced a new design for LinkedIn Events and today I noticed Group Statistics!

New on LinkedIn: Group Statistics, Re-arrange Profile, New Events & Alumni

When to post on Facebook and Twitter? Science tells us

A question often asked to me is “when is the best time to post on social media?“. Data suggests that there are distinct windows in which to share content if you want to achieve to get maximum exposure. It’s important to know when the highest percentage of your audience is retweeting/sharing, clicking and reading your messages on your social networks. Use the data in the infographic below to learn when your audience is most likely to act on it via Facebook and Twitter. But remember, your own data is the best source for this kind of information!When to post on Facebook and Twitter? Science tells us

Social Media counts

Popular social media platforms are amongst the most visited sites and, nowadays, one of the most popular activities on mobile phones. You’ve probably heard that before but what this REALLY means is shown in this amazing and hypnotic real time display of 48 user, content and business metrics across social media, games, mobile and traditional or heritage media. The data is based on actual reported numbers, which are listed in the embedded info panel, and this rolling ‘count-up counter’ is a projection forward in time based on these real numbers:

Social Media counts