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LinkedIn Facts & Figures

LinkedIn
Facts & Figures

Mission
Connecting the world's professionals to enable them to be more productive and successful.

FACTS & FIGURES
LinkedIn
operates the world's largest professional network on the Internet

187,000,000 members

200 countries and territories

61% of users use LinkedIn as their primary professional networking site

2 new members sign up to LinkedIn every second

Members are on track to make more than 5,300,000,000 searchers on the platform in 2012

90% of users find the site to be useful

25% of unique visiting members came through mobile apps

More than 75,00 API developers are using LinkedIn APIs to create innovative tools and services for professionals

There are more than 1,300,000 unique publishers actively using the LinkedIn Share button on their sites to send content into the LinkedIn platform

There are more than 1,000,000 LinkedIn groups

81% of LinkedIn users belong to at least one group

42% of users update their LinkedIn profile information regularly

61% of users don't pay for a premium LinkedIn account

DEMOGRAPHICS
Gender
Female - 35%
Male 65%

Education
No College 21%
College 50%
Grad School 29%

Age
<18 4%
18-24 9%
25-34 20%
35-44 26%
45-54 22%
55-64 13%
65+ 5%

GLOBAL REACH
63% of LinkedIn members are located outside of the United States

19 languages available on the site:
English, French, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Czech, German, Korean, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Indonesian, Malay, Romanian, Turkish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Russian

Top 10 Countries
1. United States 72,064,565 (23.2%)*
2. India 17,975,024 (1.5%)
3. United Kingdom 10,700,309 (17.2%)
4. Canada 6,020,490 (17.8%)
5. Australia 3,721,467 (17.6%)
6. Netherlands 3,007,325 (17.9%)
7. China 2,701,922 (0.2%)
8. South Africa 2,147,352 (4.4%)
9. Brazil 1,572,790 (0.8%)
10. Pakistan 1,429,762 (0.8%)
Legend: Number of users (Penetration)

COMPANIES & ADVERTISING
LinkedIn counts executives from ALL 2012 Fortune 500 companies as members

Its corporate talent solutions are used by 85 of the Fortune 100 companies

82% of users are aware there are ads on LinkedIn

60% of users have clicked on an ad

LinkedIn Company Pages
More than 2,600,000 companies have LinkedIn Company Pages

LINKEDIN OFFICES
LinkedIn has U.S. offices in:
Mountain View (HQ), San Francisco, Los Angeles, Omaha, Chicago, New York

International LinkedIn offices are located in:
Toronto, Sao Paulo, Dublin, London, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Munich, Milan, Madrid, Paris, Dubai, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne

LinkedIn has 3,177 full-time employees located around the world.

TIMELINE
2003
May 5, 2003 LinkedIn launched.
December 2003 LinkedIn ends 2003 with 81,000 members and 14 employees.

2004
April 2004 LinkedIn marks its first major milestone in reaching 500,000 members.
December 2004 LinkedIn ends with 2004 with 1.6 million members and 33 employees.

2005
March 2005 LinkedIn launches its first premium service - LinkedIn Jobs.
August 2005 LinkedIn launches subscription services.
December 2005 LinkedIn ends 2005 with 4 million members.

2006
March 2006 LinkedIn reaches 5 million members. LinkedIn members can be kept up to do date with their connections, through the news feed.
December 2006 LinkedIn ends 2006 with 8 million members.

2007
April 2007 LinkedIn celebrates with 10 million members. LinkedIn launches its corporate blog.
September 2007 LinkedIn reaches 15 million members. LinkedIn launches Profile Pictures.
December 2007 LinkedIn launches Intelligent Applications Platform. New product launches.

2008
January 2008 Members share status on LinkedIn Sharing LinkedIn News.
March 2008 LinkedIn celebrates 20 million members. LinkedIn Recruiter-Recruiter product makes waves in human resources everywhere.
October 2008 LinkedIn reaches 30 million members. LinkedIn launches Survey Business.
November 2008 LinkedIn Events and Next Generation Search launches.
December 2008 LinkedIn ends 2008 with 33 million members.

2009
January 2009 Targeted LinkedIn Polls launches.
April 2009 LinkedIn launches the Grad Guide.
May 2009 LinkedIn celebrates its 6th birthday with 600 cupcakes and 40 million members,
June 2009 LinkedIn launches native application for Palm Pre.
November 2009 LinkedIn launches New Recruitment Solution for Executive Search Firms & Recruiting Agencies.

2010
August 2010 LinkedIn acquires mSpoke for its recommendation technology.
October 2010 Silicon Valley Insider ranked LinkedIn No. 10 on its Top 100 List of most valuable start ups.

2011
January 2011 LinkedIn acquired CardMunch, a mobile app maker that scans business cards and converts into contacts.
March 2011 LinkedIn reaches 100 million users.
May 2011 LinkedIn goes IPO. The values of its shares more than doubling in the initial day of trading.
August 2011 LinkedIn revamped its mobile applications on the iPhone, Android and HTML5.

2012
February 2012 LinkedIn announced its acquisition of the start-up Rapportive.
May 2012 LinkedIn announced it had acquired SlideShare, deemed "the YouTube of slide shows".
June 2012 Cyptographic hashes of approximately 6.4 million LinkedIn user passwords were stolen by hackers who then published the stolen hashes online.
November 2012 LinkedIn reaches 187 million members. Compiled by www.website-monitoring.com Linked in MISSION Connecting the world's professionals to enable them to be more productive and successful. FACTS & FIGURES FACTS & FIGURES 187,000,000 Linked in. members operates the world's largest professional network on the Internet 200 countries and territories of users use Linkedin new members 61% as their primary professional networking site sign up to LinkedIn every second Members are on track to make more than 90% of users find the site 5,300,000,000 to be useful searches on the platform in 2012 More than of unique API visiting members 75,000 came through 25% mobile apps developers are using LinkedIn APIS to create innovative tools and services for professionals There are more than 1,300,000 in Fellow unique publishers actively using the LinkedIin Share button on their sites to send content into the Linkedin platform There are more than of LinkedIn users 1,000,000 81% belong to at least one group LinkedIn groups of users update their Linkedin profile information regularly of users don't pay for a premium LinkedIn account 42% 61% DEMOGRAPHICS FEMALE No COLLEGE COLLEGE 35% 21% 50% MALE GENDER EDUCATION 65% GRAD SCHOOL 29% 65+ <18 5% 4% 18-24 55-64 9% 13% 25-34 AGE 20% 45-54 22% 35-44 26% GLOBAL REACH of LinkedIn members 19 languages 63% are located outside available of the United States on the site: K English French • Japanese Polish Spanish Czech German O Korean Portuguese Swedish + Danish Indonesian E Malay Romanian Turkish C- - Dutch Italian E Norwegian Russian TOP 10 COUNTRIES 10. Pakistan 3. United Kingdom 10,700,309 (17.2%) 4. Canada 7. China 1,429,792 (0.8%) 6,020,490 (17.8%) 2,701,922 (0.2%) 6. Netherlands 3,007,325 (17.9%) 1. United States 72,064,565 (23.2%) 2. India 17,975,024 (1.5%) 9. Brazil 8. South Africa 5. Australia 1,572,790 (0.8%) 2,147,352 (4.4%) 3,751,467 (17.6%) Legend: Number of users (Penetration COMPANIES & ADVERTISING Linkedin counts Its corporate talent solutions executives from ALL are used by 85 of the 2012 FORTUNE 500 FORTUNE 100 companies as members companies of users are aware of users have {82% there are ads on 60% cliked on an ad Linkedin More than Linked in. 2,600,000 companies have LinkedIn Company Pages COMPANY PAGES LINKEDIN OFFICES LinkedIn has U.S. offices in: LinkedIn has Chicago New York 3,177 Omaha San Francisco full-time employees Mountain View (HQ) Los Angeles located around the world. International LinkedIn offices are located in: London Stockholm Dublin Amsterdam Munich Milan Toronto Paris Tokyo Madrid Delhi Dubai Mumbai Hong Kong Bangalore Singapore São Paulo Perth Sydney Melbourne TIMELINE May 5, 2003 Linkedin launched. December 2003 2003 with 81,000 members and 14 employees. Linkedin ends 2003 April 2004 Linkedin marks its first major milestone in reaching 500,000 2004 members. December 2004 Linkedin ends 2004 with 1.6 million members and 33 March 2005 employees. 2005 Linkedin launches its first premium service Linkedin Jobs. August 2005 December 2005 Linkedin launches subscription services. Linkedin ends 2005 with 4 million 2006 members. March 2006 Linkedin reaches 5 million members. Linkedin members can December 2006 be kept up to do date with their connections, through Linkedin ends 2006 with 8 million members. the newsfeed. 2007 April 2007 September 2007 Linkedin celebrates with 10 million members. Linkedin reaches 15 million members. Linkedin launches its corporate blog. December 2007 Linkedin launches Profile Pictures. Linkedin launches Intelligent Applications Platform. News product launches. January 2008 2008 Recruiter product launches. Linkedin for mobile launches (m.linkedin.com). February 2008 March 2008 Members share status Linkedin celebrates 20 million members. Linkedin on Linkedin Sharing October 2008 Linkedin News. Recruiter-Recruiter product makes waves in human resources everywhere. Linkedin reaches 30 million members. Linkedin launches Survey Business. December 2008 November 2008 Linkedin Events and Next Generation Search Linkedin ends 2008 with 33 million members. launches. 2009 January 2009 May 2009 April 2009 6th birthday with 600 cupcakes and 40 million members. Linkedin celebrates its Linkedin launches the Grad Guide. Targeted Linkedin Polls launches. June 2009 November 2009 Linkedin launches New native application for Palm Pre. Linkedin launches Recruitment Solution for Executive Search Firms & Recruiting Agencies. 2010 August 2010 October 2010 Silicon Valley Insider ranked Linkedin No. 10 on its Linkedin acquires mSpoke for its recommendation technology. Top 100 List of most valuable start ups. 2011 March 2011 January 2011 Linkedin acquired CardMunch, a mobile app maker that scans business cards and May 2011 Linkedin reaches 100 million members. Linkedin goes IPO. The converts into contacts. value of its shares more than doubling in the initial day of trading. August 2011 February 2012 Linkedin revamped its mobile applications on the iPhone, Android 2012 Linkedin announced its and HTML5. acquisition of the start-up Rapportive. June 2012 May 2012 November 2012 Cryptographic hashes of approximately 6.4 million Linkedin users passwords were stolen by hackers who then published the stolen hashes online. Linkedin announced it had acquired SlideShare, deemed "the YouTube of slide shows". Linkedin reaches 187 million members. Data compiled for you by Website-Monitoring.com in November 2012 Data sources: http://linkedin.com http://prdaily.com http://quantcast.com http://slideshare.net/ctnconsulting/linkedins-history-present-and-recent-features http://socialbakers.com http://thesocialskinny.com http://wikipedia.org WEBSITE MONITORING.COM All the names and logos have been used only for information purposes and can be registered trademarks of their owners.

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