Social Media Facts & Stats

Social media channel 101

Think you know everything there is to know about the top four social media channels? We have gathered a whole plethora of useful facts and stats about the big four (and a few just for fun too!)

But first of all, what are the top four social media channels? Some of the latest statistics on monthly active users indicate that the big top four of 2018 (so far) are:

1. Facebook with 2.13 billion users per month
2. YouTube- 1.5 billion users per month
3. Instagram- 800 million users per month
4. Twitter- 330 million users per month

Facebook

Facebook topped the leader board with some breath-taking user statistics, but here are a few more numbers to make your eyes water:

• Founded in: 2003
• Original purpose: To let users rate fellow classmates as ‘hot or not’
• Purpose now: To ‘make the world more open and connected’.
• Average amount of time spent on Facebook daily: 35 minutes -that is one sixteenth of an average person’s waking time!
• Fun fact: You can change your language to ‘pirate’: ‘ahoy- fer ye have 10 likes matey’

YouTube

• Founded in: 2005
• Original purpose: It started life as a video dating site called ‘Tune in, Hook up’
• Purpose now: To ‘Give everyone a voice and show them the world’
• Average amount of time spent on YouTube daily: 40 minutes– although fewer people use it than Facebook, users spend more time per day on it.
• Fun fact: Every year YouTube plays pranks on its millions of users for April Fools Day, turning the website upside down in 2009!

Instagram

• Founded in: 2010
• Original purpose: The ‘goal [was] to not just be a photo-sharing app, but to be the way you share your life when you’re on the go’ according to founder, Kevin Systrom.
• Purpose now: To ‘capture and share the world’s moments’
• Average amount of time spent on Instagram daily: 15 minutes
• Fun fact: #selfie is the largest hashtag, there are 57 million photos bearing it!

Twitter

• Founded in: 2006
• Original purpose: It was originally going to be used as a podcasting platform.
• Purpose now: ‘To give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information, instantly, without barriers.’
• Average amount of time spent on Twitter daily: 1 minute
• Fun fact: Ellen DeGeneres’ selfie tweet at the Oscars, held the most tweeted record for 3 years!

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