It is no doubt that social media will be here to stay, but do you know how big social media has become? This MSNBC news video shares some updated statistics with us.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) NBA players are on Twitter. Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, for example, have 26+ million and 23+ million followers respectively as of June 24, 2012, more than the population of Australia (22 million).
I (@LinchiKwok) have to admit that I like Twitter even more after I use it as a teaching tool in my social media class. Twitter makes it easier for me to communicate with students and other industry professionals. As a matter of fact, Twitter is also very helpful for travelers. When my flight was delayed due to a storm in May, I tweeted to @AmericanAir and got prompt responses and assistance. What a great testimonial for the power of Twitter complaints!
There are over three billion hours of YouTube videos being watched every month, 500 years of YouTube videos being watched on Facebook every day, and 700 YouTube videos being shared on Twitter every minute.
About 80% of its monthly active users live outside of the U.S.A. Americans spend more time on Facebook than another other websites. Every day, there are over 300 million photos uploaded on Facebook.
There are 161 million active users. Every second, there are two new members signing up on this site.
Flickr
Users upload 2,500 images to Flickr every minute. Every day, there are more than 3 million images posted on the site.
We should all embrace new technologies and learn how to use social media for our advantages. Would you agree?
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The picture was downloaded from blog.mcf.org.
FYI, Katie Linendoll is alumni RIT. She came to RIT for lecture or keynote. I read about her. She's awesome.
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