The Growth of Social Media in 2014: 40+ Surprising Stats [Infographic]

This content provides an infographic with social media facts and statistics, including the percentage of internet users on social media and user counts for various platforms.

By Dana Kilroy ・1 min read

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Search Engine Journal has pulled together an exhaustive list of social-media facts and stats that we all should know in this infographic. See below for a roundup of the best tweetable stats from this infographic and around the web!

Here are some highlights from the infographic:

72% of all internet users are now active on social media
89% of 18-29-year-old internet users are active on social media
93% of marketers use social media for business
70% of brands have a presence on Google+, up 4% from Q4 of 2012
Twitter is the fastest growing social network, up 44% between June 2012 and March 2013
Google+ grew 33% during the same period
Facebook has 1.15 billion monthly active users

And while we're rounding up statistics, we have a few more to toss your way:

Google sites handle about 100 billion searches each month (SEL)
YouTube hosts nearly 14 billion videos (comScore)
Facebook is now over 1.1 billion users (Facebook)
Google+ has over 500 million users (Google)
Twitter has over 550 million accounts (Statistics Brain)
LinkedIn is at 225 million users (LinkedIn)
Pinterest has more than 70 million users (The Next Web)

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By Dana Kilroy ・1 min read

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Dana Sullivan Kilroy is a communications professional with more than 20 years of experience delivering compelling content. Her work has appeared in national, award-winning publications and sites, including: The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Fast Company, Inc.