This morning I came across a fantastic infographic outlining 10 social media stats from CashSherpa. The infographic outlines 10 astonishing social media facts and reminds us that everything we thought we knew about social media is wrong.

Too lazy to visualize and appreciate? Below are the stats:

1. The fastest growing demographic on twitter is the 55-64 year age bracket– Tweet This
2. YouTube reaches more U.S. adults aged 18-34 than any cable network– Tweet This
   
3. 189 million of Facebook’s users are mobile only –Tweet This
4. Social Media has overtaken porn as the #1 activity on the web– Tweet This
5. Every second two new members join LinkedIn – Tweet This 
6. 25% of smartphone owners ages 18-44 say they can’t recall the last time their smartphone wasn’t next to them – Tweet This 
7. 93% of marketers use social media for business– Tweet This 
8. Even though 62% of marketers blog or plan to blog in 2013, only 9% of U.S. marketing companies employ a full-time blogger– Tweet This 
   
9. LinkedIn has a lower percentage of active uses than Pinterest, Google+, Twitter and Facebook– Tweet This 
10. 25% of Facebook users don’t bother with privacy settings (scary!)– Tweet This 

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