Social Media Revolution Stats

·       Over 50% of the world's population is under 30 years old.

·       Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the U.S.

·        It even impacts our offline behavior.

·       1 in 5 couples meet online.

·       3 in 5 gay couples meet online.

·       1 in 5 divorces are blamed on Facebook.

·       Kindergarteners are learning on iPads not chalkboards.

·       If Facebook were a country it'd be the world's 3rd largest.

·       Yet, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google are not welcomed in China.

·       A new member joins LinkedIn every second.

·       We don't have a choice on whether we DO social media, the question is how well we DO it. -Erik Qualman

·       The Ford Explorer launch on Facebook generated more traffic than a Super Bowl Ad.

·       Generation Y and Z consider e-mail passe.

·       Some universities have stopped distributing email accounts.

·       eReaders have surpassed traditional book sales.

·       Social Gamers will buy $6 billion in virtual goods by 2013.

·       Movie goers buy only $2.5 billion in real goods.

·       YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world.

·       If Wikipedia were made into a book it would be 2.25 million pages long and it would take you over 123 years to read.

·       90% of consumers trust peer recommendations.

·       Only 14% trust in advertisements.

·       93% of marketers use social media for business.

·       The ROI of Social Media is your business will still exist in 5 years.

·       Welcome to the Social Media Revolution.