…It would be the world’s 3rd largest. I’m sure many of you have seen this video, but I just wanted to take this opportunity to share it with you, in case you haven’t seen this yet. It really speaks to the power of social media, and shows just what a force it has become in recent years. Here are just a few eye-opening facts from this amazing video, aptly titled “Social Media Revolution”:
-Over 50% of the world’s population is under 30 years old
-A new member joins LinkedIn every second
-Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of Sweden, Israel, Greece, Chile, North Korea, and Australia
-50% of all Internet traffic in the UK is for Facebook
-Over 37 million people viewed Volkswagen’s Darth Vader Super Bowl ad on YouTube
-69% of parents are “friends” with their children on social media
-80 million people tend their virtual crops in Farmville
-Social Gamers will buy $6 Billion in VIRTUAL goods by 2013…movie goers only buy 2.5 Billion in REAL goods (popcorn, drinks, etc.)
-Every minute, 24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube
-If Wikipedia were made into a book, it would be 2.5 million pages long, and would take you over 123 years to read
-90% of consumers trust peer recommendations, while 14% trust advertisements
-93% of marketers use social media for business (I can’t imagine what the other 7% are doing)
