• Facebook tops Google for weekly traffic in the U.S.
•  Over 50% of the world’s population is under 30
  years old.
• One in eight couples married in the U.S. met on social media sites.
•  If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s third largest, ahead of the United States and only behind China and India.
•  A 2009 U.S. Department of Education study revealed that on average, online students outperformed those receiving face-to-face instruction.
•  80% of companies use media for recruitment.
•  The fastest growing segment on Facebook is 55-65 year old females.
•  YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world.
•  Wikipedia has 15 million articles, and studies show it’s more accurate than Encyclopedia Britannica.
• 100+ hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every five minutes.
• 25% of Search Results for the World's Top 20 brands are links to user generated content.
• 50% of the mobile Internet traffic in the UK is for Facebook…people update anywhere, anytime…imagine what that means for bad customer experiences?
• Only 18% of traditional TV campaigns generate a positive ROI.
• Kindle eBooks outsold paper books for the 2010 holiday season.
• Facebook has 60 million status updates per day.
•  Facebook’s Privacy Policy is now longer than the US Constitution (without amendments).

Source: www.socialnomics.com