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Erik Qualman, author of the book Socialnomics, has updated his ever-popular video, The Social Media Revolution with fresh stats.

Stats from the video include:

• Over 50% of the world’s population is under 30-years-old; 96% of them have joined a social network
• Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the U.S.
• 1 out of 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met via social media
• Years to Reach 50 millions Users:  Radio (38 Years), TV (13 Years), Internet (4 Years), iPod (3 Years)…
• Facebook added over 200 million users in less than a year
• If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 3rd largest ahead of the United States and only behind China and India
• 80% of companies use social media for recruitment; % of these using LinkedIn 95%
• The fastest growing segment on Facebook is 55-65 year-old females
• 50% of the mobile Internet traffic in the UK is for Facebook…people update anywhere, anytime…imagine what that means for bad customer experiences?
• The #2 largest search engine in the world is YouTube

For a complete list of statistics from the Social Media Revolution, visit Erik’s blog, Socialnomics – Social Media Blog

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