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Instead of asking "Why are Spencers Estate Agents so OBSESSED with Social Media?" You should be asking "Why am I not?"

Facebook FACTS

1. Total monthly users: 1,310,000,000 with 680 million of them on mobile devices.

2. On a daily basis there are 350 million photos uploaded, 4.5 billion likes, 10 billion messages sent and 22 billion times that the Like or Share buttons are viewed.

3. Between 2012 and 2013, there was an increase in Facebook users by 22%.

4. Ever since Facebook launched there have been a 150 billion friend connections, 1.13 trillion likes and 250 billion photos uploaded.

5. Every 20 minutes on Facebook 1 million links are shared, 2 million friends are requested, and 3 million messages are sent.

6. Despite being blocked, there are roughly 95 million Facebook users in China.

7. Approximately 7.5 million sites contain the Facebook Like or Share Buttons.

8. Every morning when they wake up, 48% of 18-34 year olds check their Facebook account. 28% of that demographic actually check Facebook before they even get out of bed.

9. Users are exposed to 1500 pieces of potential content every day.

10. As of September, 2013 the percentage of 15-34 year olds on Facebook are 66%. Interestingly, 45% of internet users who are 65 years or older are also on Facebook. And, don’t be embarrassed if you’re Facebook friends with your parents; 70% of users are friends with their parents.

11. When Facebook began selling stock to the public and trading on the NASDAQ on May 18, 2012, its shares were priced at $38, which meant the company was valued at over $100 billion. It also meant that Facebook was worth more than eBay, Yahoo, Groupon, LinkedIn, Netflix, IAC, AOL, Zynga and Pandora… combined.

12. One million web pages are accessed using the “Login with Facebook”  feature

13. 3 percent of Facebook users login at least 5 times per day

14. 47% of Americans say Facebook is their #1 influencer of purchases

15. 70% of marketers used Facebook to gain new customers

16. 640,000,000 – total number of minutes spent on Facebook each month

17. 18 minutes – average time spent on Facebook per visit

18. 54,200,000 – total number of Facebook pages

19. 130 average friends per user

20. 75% of Facebook’s users are from outside of the USA

21. 7 million apps & websites are integrated with Facebook

22. Facebook employ only 4619 people

23. In 2012 the revenue was $5,090,000,000 in 2013 it was $6,150,000,000

Twitter FACTS

Total number of active registered Twitter users	645,750,000
Number of new Twitter users signing up everyday	135,000
Number of unique Twitter site visitors every month	190 million
Average number of Tweets per day	58 million
Number of Twitter search engine queries every day	2.1 billion
Percent of Twitter users who use their phone to tweet	43 %
Percent of Tweets that come from third party applicants	60%
Number of people that are employed by Twitter	2,500
Number of active Twitter users every month	115 million
Percent of Twitters who don’t Tweet but watch other people Tweet	40%
Number of days it takes for 1 billion Tweets	5 days
Number of Tweets that happen every second	9,100

1. 34% of marketers use Twitter to successfully generate leads

2. Twitter was the fastest growing network with a 44% growth from 2012-2013

3. 215 million monthly active users

4. Fastest growing demographic  on Twitter is 55-64 age bracket

Social Media FACTS

1. 93% of marketers use social media for business. Only 7% of marketers say they don't use social media for their business. That means there are lots of people out there getting involved and managing a social media strategy. It's becoming more common to include social media as part of an overall marketing budget or strategy, as opposed to when it was the outlier that no one wanted to spend time or money on.

2. 25% of smartphone owners ages 18-44 say they can't recall the last time their smartphone wasn't next to them. It's pretty clear that mobile is a growing space that we need to pay attention to. And we've all heard the cliché of smartphone owners who don't want to let go of their phones, even for five minutes. Well, apparently that's not too far from the truth. If 25% of people aged 18-44 can't remember not having their phone with them, there are probably very few times when they're not connected to the web in some way.

3. 72% of all internet users are now active on social media

4. 18-29 year olds have an 89% usage

5. The 30-49 bracket sits at 72%

6. 60 percent of 50 to 60 year olds are active on social media

7. In the 65 plus bracket, 43% are using social media

8. Time spent on Facebook per hour spent online by country. Here are the top three. USA citizens get the top gong at 16% followed by the Aussies at 14 minutes and the Brits at 13 minutes.