9 Most Interesting Social Media Stats for 2013

Every year the social media world expands and makes huge changes. This is why we are only 4 months into the year and already there is share-worthy statistics to review.

1. More than 2.6 million companies have LinkedIn Company Pages. (Source: LinkedIn)

2. Google’s social media arm, Google+ has seen rapid growth pace as there are over 925,000 new users on Google+ every day. If the growth continues like this, then Facebook will need to reinvent to keep its top position. (Source: Dazeinfo)

3. 300 million pictures are uploaded to Facebook every day via Instagram. (Source: Media bistro)

4. Social media is now the #1 activity on the web. (Source: Qualman)

5. 57% of Pinterest users interact with food-related content and food is said to be the #1 category of content on Pinterest. (Source: Factbrowser)

6. Don’t overuse hashtags! Tweets with one or two hashtags receive 21% higher engagement than those with three or more hashtags. (Source: BuddyMedia)

7. Are you on YouTube?Because everyone else is! An astonishing 1 hour of video is uploaded to YouTube every second. (Source: YouTube)

8. Among smartphone owners age 18-44, making phone calls accounts for only 16% of the total time spent with their devices, whereas the remaining 84% of time is spent texting and interacting with email and social networks. (Source:Marketingprofs)

9. Think Gamification is important? You should! Gaming has become colossal these days, with a collective 3 billion hours a week spent gaming. (Source: Ted)

Looking at the statistics now can really help you understand the value of each platform.

Source: strongblogs.com