Opinions abound on Social Media. How it works, where it works best, how individuals and businesses can use it best, etc. Each of these opinions have their own intrinsic value, but sometimes, nothing beats cold hard numbers. As Joe Friday said, “All we want are the facts, ma’am,”- let’s take a look at some Social Media statistics.

  • Facebook receives and shares more than 3.5 billion pieces of content (links, news stories, blog posts) on a weekly basis.
  • Facebook pages have generated more than 5.3 billion fans.
  • Approximately 700,000 local businesses have active Facebook fan pages.
  • Approximately 70 percent of Facebook users arrive from outside the United States.
  • Over 250 Facebook applications have over 1 million combined users each month.
  • Since December 2008, more than 80,000 websites have integrated Facebook Connect. More than 60 million Facebook users actively use this service across any number of these 80,000+ sites that offer the feature.
  • 55-65 year old females make up the fastest growing segment on Facebook
  • Facebook paid $0 to have their entire site translated into Spanish via a crowdsourced Wiki. The site was translated in less than 4 weeks.

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