{"id":24938,"date":"2015-11-06T08:58:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T06:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=24938"},"modified":"2015-11-06T08:58:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T06:58:25","slug":"100-social-media-facts-and-statistics-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/06\/100-social-media-facts-and-statistics-for-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Social Media Facts and Statistics for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Social-Media-Facts-Statistics.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24939\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/06\/100-social-media-facts-and-statistics-for-2015\/social-media-facts-statistics\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Social-Media-Facts-Statistics.png?fit=1024%2C436&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,436\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Social-Media-Facts-Statistics\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Social-Media-Facts-Statistics.png?fit=660%2C281&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24939\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Social-Media-Facts-Statistics-500x213.png?resize=500%2C213&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Social-Media-Facts-Statistics\" width=\"500\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Social-Media-Facts-Statistics.png?resize=500%2C213&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Social-Media-Facts-Statistics.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2013 I linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/04\/10-not-so-surprising-social-media-statistics\/\">some (not so) surprising facts<\/a> about social media. \u00a0Two years is a lot of time and a lot of things has changed since. \u00a0So here comes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infinitdatum.com\/social-media-statistics\/\">100 social media facts and statistics for 2015<\/a>. \u00a0These spread from general statistics to service-specific ones, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, and others. \u00a0Unlike many other similar collections, this one actually links to <strong>sources for every single fact<\/strong>, and provides an easy one-click share to Twitter button. \u00a0Here are a few to get you started:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>189 million Facebook users are &#8216;mobile only&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>There are 4 billion daily video views on Facebook.<\/li>\n<li>50% of unique LinkedIn visitors access it via mobile.<\/li>\n<li>There is a 50% average increase in comments when a LinkedIn page post contains a question.<\/li>\n<li>Over 40 billion photos have been shared on Instagram.<\/li>\n<li>Google+ has 300 million monthly active users around the world.<\/li>\n<li>Google+ grows at a rate of 33% each year.<\/li>\n<li>Average time spent on YouTube per mobile session is 40 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>There are 300 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Back in 2013 I linked to some (not so) surprising facts about social media. \u00a0Two years is a lot of time and a lot of things has changed since. \u00a0So here comes 100 social media facts and statistics for 2015. \u00a0These spread from general statistics to service-specific ones, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+, &hellip; 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