Posts tagged “friday fun fact”

February 24th, 2012

#FridayFunFact2: shortened attention spans (and technology) save the single!

February 24th, 2012
#FridayFunFact: A full 38.2 million people use social networks on their phones or tablets on a “near daily” basis.

From a ComScore study.  This also got our attention:

Almost 58% of U.S. users read posts from companies or brands, and about 32% are said to be likely to click on ads while social networking.

(Source: Mashable)

February 17th, 2012
#FridayFunFact3: And the growth keeps…growing?  Good news all around for Google+ but the audience composition still leaves a little to desire.

#FridayFunFact3: And the growth keeps…growing?  Good news all around for Google+ but the audience composition still leaves a little to desire.

February 17th, 2012
#FridayFunFact2: New research from Nielsen shows seven out of 12 children ages 12 and under who live in tablet-owning households use the devices for a number of purposes.
That would be 58.3% to be exact, a pretty wild number.  More stats about what these children use the tablets for here.
February 10th, 2012
#FridayFunFact4: Pinterest just hit 11.7 million unique monthly visitors, crossing the 10 million mark faster than any other standalone site in history.
From this article and scoop by TechCrunch.  Pretty cool stat (albeit a few days old but we wanted to save it for our Friday Fun Fact).
February 10th, 2012
#FridayFunFact: LinkedIn announced it has 150 million members in its network, a 20 million increase over November.
Nice growth LinkedIn!
February 3rd, 2012
#FridayFunFact3: Hitwise found that Facebook.com is now seeing one out of every eleven visits in the U.S., and one out of five pageviews online in the U.S. takes place on Facebook.com.
Another crazy Facebook number in the wake of their IPO announcement (and release of awe-inspiring numbers in their S-1 filing. (more stats in this article: Hitwise: Facebook.com Now Accounts For 1 In Every 5 Pageviews On The Web (In The U.S.))