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ARE YOU A SOCIAL NETWORKING BUTTERFLY? 67% 67% of all online adults use social networking sites ARE YOU AMONG THEM? Just updated your FB status with some witty quote, and waiting for the flood of 'likes" to collect? Kill some timé and enjoy these fascinating, social networking facts (if you can pry yourself away from those kitten videos, of course). 91% of all online adults use social networking sites regularly 98% of all online adults between 18-24 engage with some form of social networking % of US Social Networking Site user by sex: 84% 84% of Americans spend their time texting and interacting on social networks 71% 62% 15% U.S. mobile users spent 15% of their time using social networking apps during the first quarter of 2013 Americans between 25-34 years of age are most likely to use social media in the office Social Network: A boost to confidence 40% of people spend more time socializing online than they do face-to-făce 25% 40% 25% of all online adults believe social networks have boosted their confidence 53% of adult social networkers follow a brand 24% of Americans 70% of adult social networkers shop online 28% of Britons admit to lying and/or exaggerating on social networks 24% of people have missed seeing important moments because they were too busy writing about them on social networks 20% 30% 24% Social networks dominate internet usage, with 20% of PC time & 30% of mobile time spent on them over any other category of site. TOP 10 MOST ENGAGED COUNTRIES FOR SOCIAL NETVWORKING Russia: Turkey: 10.2% Canada: 10.4% Israel: 10.2% 11.1% Colombia: The Philippines: 8.7% 8.5% Peru: 8.3% Chile: 9.8% Venezuela: 7.9% Argentina: 10.7% Social Networking Site Use by Age Group, 2005-2012 % of internet users in each age group who use social networking sites 100% 90% 92% 83% All Internet Users 87% 86% 86% 80% 77% 18-29 72% 73% 76% 70% 68% 30-49 67% 67% 66% 69% 50-64 60% 61% 64% 61% 65+ 49% 57% 50% 48% 52% 49% 50% 40% 46% 47% 38% 29% 34% 32% 30% 29% 25% 24% 26% 20% 9% 16% 10% 8% 11% 13% 8% 7% 4% 7% 0% Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project surveys, 2005-2012 Top Reasons Why Social Networkers Engage 63%60% 65% 50% 52% 48% 42% 41% 44% 13% 16%10% 8% 10% 6% Know person in real life Interested in keeping up Mutual friends Access to business networks Quality of profile photo 14% 4% 8% 4% 6% 7% O 4% TOTAL 5% 7% 4% 6% O MEN Person's number of connections Want to increase connection count Person's Always accept all requests WOMEN physical attractiveness Moweble LOOKING FOR A FUN AND FRESH SPIN ON THE SAME OLE' SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES? IF SO - VISIT CHATRANDOM.COM, WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY A 100% FREE CHATROULETTE ALTERNATIVE THAT HAS MORE USERS THAN OTHER COMPETITIVE SITES, ALONG WITH RANDOM CHAT FEATURES AND FAST CONNECTION TIMES! ENJOY SOCIAL NETWORKING - WITHOUT SOCIAL LIMITATIONS! sources: http://www.statisticbrain.com/social-networking-statistics/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-honigman/100-fascinating-social-me_b_2185281.html http://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/March/Pew-Internet-Social-Networking-full-detail.aspx http://thesocialskinny.com/216-social-media-and-internet-statistics-september-2012/ http://marketingland.com/library/statistics/statistics-social-media http://www.convinceandconvert.com/the-social-habit/11-shocking-new-social-media-statistics-In-america/ http://www.brandwatch.com/2012/12/how-we-use-social-highlights-from-the-social-media-report-2012/ http://strongblogs.com/nine-of-the-most-interesting-social-media-stats-for-2013/ http://www.socialnetworkingwatch.com/2013/04/social-networking-on-desktops-may-have-peaked-in-2012.html http://www.moweble.com/amazing-social-media-facts-of-popular-social-networking-sites.html ChatRandom Aug-06 80-hew 60-ady May-10