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Insight4 September 2013

Top 25 Most Interesting Social Media Facts

Top 25 Most Interesting Social Media Facts

With four months till the annual release of Social Media Statistics from the Huffington Post, let’s look at those from 2012.

  • Barack Obama’s victory Facebook post was the most liked photo on Facebook with over four million likes
  • 23{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of Facebook users check their account five or more times daily
  • 80{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of social media user prefer to connect with brand through Facebook
  • 77{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of Business to Customer companies gain customers from Facebook
  • 488 million user regularly use Facebook mobile
  • Since Twitter began there has been a total of 163 billion tweets
  • Lady Gaga has 31 million followers which is the most followed account on Twitter
  • The most followed brand on Twitter is YouTube with 19 million followers
  • 34{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of marketer have generated leads using Twitter
  • 50{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of Twitter users are using the social network via mobile
  • The average Instagram user spent 257 minutes accessing the site by mobile
  • Nearly four bullion photos have been shared on Instagram since its beginning
  • 40{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of brands use Instagram for marketing
  • In 2012 alone, Instagram users like 78 million photos
  • The top five of the top 100 has tags on Instagram are #love, #instagood, #me, #tbt and #cute
  • The most popular age group on Pinterest in 25-34 year olds
  • 80{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of Pinterest users are Women
  • Pinterest referrals send 70{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} more money than visitors referred from non-social channels
  • 43{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of people prefer Pinterest to associate with retailers or brands
  • 25{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of Fortune Global 100 companies have Pinterest accounts
  • The Google +1 button is used five billion times per day
  • 48{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of Fortune Global 100 companies are on Google+
  • H&M had the most Google+ posts of any brand with 740
  • 68{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of Google+ users are male
  • 40{06e29518e582b1cc2da09f8f2ea316dadc41c520023bcca83a4deb5e6ad0a3c6} of marketers use Google+ (Huffington Post, 2012) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-honigman/100-fascinating-social-me_b_2185281.html
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