Tumblr the 4 year old micro-blogging grew at an astonishing 900% last year. In this Infographic you will see the rapid growth of the social blogging site, the demographics of the users and the some fun facts.
Tumblr supports 8 languages and there are 38,000 posts made per minute. United States account for 42.31% of unique visitors to Tumblr, more interesting facts and information on Tumblr on the Infographic.
Twitter has grown at a tremendous pace since its launch in 2006. Some interesting twitter numbers:
* By Feb, 2010 there were 50 million tweets sent per day the number grew to 140 million by Feb, 2011! * It took 3years 2 months and 1 day to reach 1 billion tweets, by March 2011 it just took a weeks time to reach a billion tweets.
More interesting numbers on the Infographic below.
Google's soon rolling out its single and main privacy policy thereby creating a monopoly in the cyber world. These changes in the privacy setting will bring in a better experience for the users and as well as will challenge players like Facebook and Twitter. Google has a fairer advantage as they seem to own most of the properties used by netizens and controls the web in a larger way.
2011 has been a great year for Twitter, 1 billion tweets were sent every 5days! The event which got the highest tweet count was for "Broadcasting of Castle In The Sky on Japanse TV" at 25,088 tweets per second on 9th December, 2011. See more on the Infographic below.
We all know China is a huge market for business, even with strict restrictions on Internet usage and monitoring, China based social networking sites and Micro Blogging sites have vast user base. See the leading micro blogging sites of China on the slideshow below.
Who would have known that a 13 year old kid who loved his guitar, would become a pop sensation almost overnight. A song sung in a musical contest, which was then uploaded on Youtube by Beiber's mother, was enough to get him noticed and finally signed in an album contract. His popularity since then have soared up to the time that now we're celebrating Justin's 5th YouTube anniversary. Here's an Infographic that speaks about his 5 years of stardom on YouTube.
The worlds second largest search engine and the largest video hosting site YouTube is a great platform for business and individuals. Here are 10 tips and tricks for leveraging YouTube to its fullest potential.
* Connect your YouTube Channel to other social sites. * Search YouTube using different languages. * Save and watch videos later, manage your history.
Facebook has become the force of social media marketing over the years and as the marketing world evolved so has Facebook features. In this Infographic you will see evolution of Facebook features. Starting from 2006 when Mini feed and News Feed to Facebook Timeline in 2011.
We all know that social was the media that redefined marketing tact's and bringing in more value to the consumer and brands. Did you know that Pinterest was one of the most heavily trafficked social media networks of 2011? Take a look at the video we shared earlier on "How to use Pinterest" to understand the social bookmarking site.
How can Brands use this silent yet powerful and fast growing social bookmarking site to their advantage? In this article you will see 6 ways Brands can Rock Pinterest.
The new sensation that is making news at Amazon is the Facebook Nightclub which operates with the same concept of Facebook. The club's 30-year-old founder Humbert Camacho told the UK Guardian. “So what we wanted to do was to build a nightclub with this concept, where people could come and share things with their friends, spend a cool night, sharing pictures, experiences and have fun.”
Camacho said in the Guardian article that expectations in town “are huge” for the club, and that people who aren’t able to join the party at the physical Facebook will be will still be able to enjoy it vicariously through the original, virtual version. The Facebook Nightclub is planning on having a official page on Facebook, where users can share photos in real time!
It all started off with email revolutionizing the work place in 1990. There have been many product introductions since then which has brought in many changes in Home Tech Trends and Work Tech Trends and how we communicate and share information.
In this Infographic you will see the trends which changed the world in the last 2 decades.
Dowry issues?? Shaadi.com has a solution. This popular Matrimonial site is running a power packed campaign against dowry menace called as Angry Brides. The most exciting part, is the innovative game that they have designed to keep up the action while subtly spreading the message.
The game is very simple yet manages to maintain the stickiness. One has to chose a weapon (stilettos, chappal, shoe etc.) and hit the covetous groom. Every groom has a price tag on him, and with every correct hit, the price on the groom comes down and the money is transferred into a anti-dowry fund, which is also the score. To maintain the virality of the campaign. the scores have been made sharable on Twitter and Facebook.
Business both small and big adopted social media as a marketing tool in 2011, in this Infographic you will see the major events which occurred every month on the different social networking platforms. From Rebecca Black becoming an overnight viral superstar to Japanese Earthquake.