On February 10, 2009, I put together a list of 20 compelling digital media statistics in sequential order. Today, nearly 5 years later, it’s shocking how much these statistics have changed. The statistics in black are from 2009 and the ones in blue are from today.
1 trillion unique URLs in GOOGLE’s index
Unable to find updated info for this stat
2 billion GOOGLE searches per day
5 billion GOOGLE searches per day
3 billion minutes spent on FACEBOOK each day
10.5 billion minutes spent on FACEBOOK each day
4 million videos are uploaded on FACEBOOK each month
2 billion videos are uploaded on FACEBOOK each month
5 million users on TWITTER
218 million users on TWITTER
6th most trafficked site in the US is FACEBOOK
2nd most trafficked site in the US is FACEBOOK
7% of employees admitted checking their personal email at work
81% of employees admitted to checking their personal email at work
8 million people access the web from their phone
1.2 billion people access the web from their phone
9 hundred thousand BLOG posts a day
2 million BLOG posts a day
10 videos watched on average by a HULU visitor
12 videos watched on average by a HULU visitor
11% of FACEBOOK users are over age 35
65% of Facebook users are 35 or older.
12% of professionals use DIGG at work
Does anyone still use DIGG??
13 hours of video uploaded to YOUTUBE every minute
100 hours of video uploaded to YOUTUBE every minute
14% of Americans post their videos online
31% of Americans post their videos online
15% growth rate per year in social networking
18% growth rate per year in social networking
16% decrease in newspaper ad revenues in 2008
Print IS DEAD!
17 million XBOX live online gaming service users
46 million XBOX live online gaming service users
18 million people online in Iran
42 million people online in Iran
19% of influential consumers use podcasts
45% of influential consumers use podcasts
20 million US MOBILE phone users cut land lines
More than a quarter of U.S. households have ditched landline phones, a trend driven by younger Americans relying on their cellphones, according to Census Bureau
