2015 Social Media Statistics & Facts

SOCIAL MEDIA FACTS AND STATISTICS YOU SHOULD KNOW IN 2015 SOURCES we are Social Social Media SEJSchingn mediabistro PewInternet There is phenomenal growth for the use and deployment of Social Media tools, consider these figures: There are over The world's population is at almost 7.3 Billion people 3 Billion Internet users throughout the world The explosion of wireless devices also continues, with over 3.7 Billion unique owners in all of the of the world. There are almost There are almost 1.7 Billion active 2.1 Billion active Social Media accounts Social Media accounts worldwide. throughout these global users. Consider these individual statistics for Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter in 2015: Account Home facebook There are over 1.4 Billion Facebook users. The average account holder has just about 200 friends. f One quarter of the total number of Facebook friend are actual, real life friends. 50% of Facebook users Almost are friends with their own parents. twitter 23% of all adult Internet users are on Twitter. There are 288 million active users on a monthly basis. 88% of active users access their Twitter account on their wireless device. 77% of the total number of Twitter users reside outside of the United States. Linked in. The rate of account creation is two 1 minute per minute. The 30-64 age group utilizes this Social Media platform the most. in The fastest growing demographic on LinkedIn is the college crowd at 39,000,000. Instagram and Pinterest are also very popular in the Social Media world, when you also consider these statistics and trends: Instagram There are over 300+ million Instagrammers worldwide. 70+ million photos and videos are added to Instagram on a daily basis. 49% of all Social Media users (this includes also Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn users) visit Instagram every day of the week. The main demographic users of Instagram are between the ages of 18 & 29, as this group makes up 53% of the total users of this 53% Social Media tool. P Pinterest There has been a 5% increase YOY in the number of male users whom have accounts on Pinterest (this obviously represents a unique growth opportunity). The main age bracket of users on Pinterest is between the age of 50-64 years old, representing 50-64 years 27% of all account holders. 470,000 Pinterest followers There are over Other interesting facts for 2015: The majority of Social Media users are women at 71% versus men at 62% 51% of all Social Media users experienced some sort of 'negative' feeling when they accessed their accounts on a particular day; 45% of account holders become very paranoid if they cannot access Facebook; 73% of users would face a huge panic attack if they lost their wireless device (such as an iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Samsung, etc.); The biggest age demographics for Google+ is between 45 and 54 years of age; The main point of interest on Pinterest is food, which accounts for 57% of all discussions 23% of Facebook users check their accounts at least 5 times a day: 189 million Facebook users are 'mobile only' 46% of all users will use their Social Media tool of choice to make an online purchase. SOURCES http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/01/09/demographics-of-key-social-networking-platforms-2/ http://wearesocial.net/blog/2015/01/digital-social-mobile-worldwide-2015/ http://www.searchenginejournal.com/25-insane-social-media-facts/79645/ www.mediabistro.com www.socialmediaexaminer.com Cucloudswave.com