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52 Interesting Social Media Facts And Stats (2012 edition)

“In July 2010, I wrote a post called “52 Cool Facts About Social Media” to explore some of the mind-boggling and truly impressive numbers from the space in which we play. I also wanted to offer a fun fact for every week of the year, for anyone playing social media trivia games. At the time, the Big Five were (arguably) Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and blogging. My, what a difference two years make. So, to bring some of these figures up to date, as well as include some of the newer names on the scene, here are 52 cool facts about social media, the 2012 edition. Facebook”

‘1. 85 percent of women are annoyed by their friends (note—I don’t think this is just limited to Facebook!)
2. Links about sex are shared 90 percent more than any other link.
3. More than 350 million users suffer from Facebook Addiction Syndrome.
4. 25 percent of users don’t bother with any kind of privacy control.
5. The average Facebook user has 130 friends.”

Click here to continue reading the 47 other facts and stats about social media on PRDaily.com

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