As the internet keeps popping up around the world, with now well over 40% of the world connected and over 2.3 billion social media users, it’s time companies start adjusting their strategies. These numbers are too big for anyone to even imagine, but they’re still wonderful to look at knowing how much business it will mean for the future.

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1. Every second, there are 12 more new mobile social media users added. That adds up well past 1 million every single day!
2. Over the last year, the amount of social media users has risen by 176,000,000+.
3. Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp handle over 60 BILLION messages daily.
4. 91% of retail brands use at least 2 social media channels to promote themselves.
5. 300 hours of video are uploaded every minute to Youtube.
6. 22% of Americans use social media platforms multiple times per day.
7. Over 90% of young adults (ages 18-29) use social media.
8. Social media advertising revenue will reach almost $10,000,000,000 this year!
9. 61% of startups use social media as an avenue for advertising.
10. 84% of CEOs and VPs report social media influences their purchasing decisions.
11. Out of Twitter’s 1.3 Billion accounts, only around 320 million are active.
12. More than half of Youtube’s views come from mobile devices and the average session is over 40 minutes.
13. 90% of Instagram’s users are under the age of 35.
14. Visual content is 40x more likely to get shared on social media than any other content.
15. 96% of the people who discuss brands online do not follow those brands’ owned profiles.

*This was from an article I put up on my LinkedIn, not affiliated with my YouTube*