ONLINE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS

SETH ROSSON

Networks

700 Billion Minutes are spent on Facebook every month. Thats up from 150 Billion the year before.
(http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics)

There are 500 million active Facebook users. Half of them access Facebook via mobile devices.

They are twice as active as non-mobile users.

(http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics)

YouTube exceeds 2 billion videos viewed per day, up from 1 billion the year before, and up from 100 million in 2006.

(http://www.websitemonitoring.com/blog/ 2010/05/17/youtubefacts-and-figureshistory-statistics/)

There are 5 billion images hosted on Flickr, as opposed to 12.5 million in the Library of Congress Catalog.

(http://blog.flickr.net/ en/2010/09/ 19/500000 0000/), (Fy2009)

Digital vs. Analog Relationships

1 in 6 marriages occurred from people meeting online, more than twice as many that met in bars, clubs, and other social events combined
(CMB STUDY)

An average American Internet user has an overall network of 669 ties, compared to 506 ties to non-users.
(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 23)

A Facebook user is 43% more likely to be trusting than other internet users, and more than three times as likely as non-internet users.
(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 4)

The average American has 2.16 people with whom they discuss important matters (core contacts), thats up from 1.93 core contacts in 2008. A Facebook user has 9% closer core ties than other Internet users.
(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 4)

Technology

Isolation

Social networking users have 20% more diverse social networks than people who do not use the Internet.
(PIP Tech and Social Isolation, pg. 11)

Internet users are 26% less likely to rely on neighbors for help with small services, but they remain as likely to help their neighbors with the same activities.
(PIP Tech and Social Isolation, pg. 10)

In person contact remains the dominant means of communication with core network contacts. On average, there is face-to-face contact with each tie 210 out of 365 days per year, followed by mobile phone contact (195 days per year), text messaging (125 days per year), and then cards and letters (8 per year).
(PIP Tech and Social Isolation, pg. 8)

Resources

Highlights
Social Networks
700 Billion Minutes are spent on Facebook every month. Thats up from 150 billion the year before.
(http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics)

PIP Social Networking Sites and Our Lives

The average American has 2.16 people with whom they discuss important matters (core contacts), thats up from 1.93 core contacts in 2008. A Facebook user has 9% closer core ties than other Internet users.
(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 4)

500 million active Facebook users, 250 million access via mobile devices.
(http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics)

People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice as active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
(http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics)

A Facebook user is 43% more likely to be trusting than other internet users, and more than three times as likely as non-internet users.
(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 4)

YouTube exceeds 2 billion videos viewed per day, up from 1 billion the year before, and up from 100 million in 2006.
(http://www.website-monitoring.com/blog/2010/05/17/youtube-facts-and-figures-history-statistics/)

An average American Internet user has an overall network of 669 ties, compared to 506 ties to non-users.
(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 23)

The average user of SNS has high close ties and is half as likely to be socially isolated as the average American.
(PIP SNS and our lives, pg. 24)

There are 5 billion images hosted on Flickr, as opposed to 12.5 million in the Library of Congress Catalog.
(http://blog.flickr.net/en/2010/09/19/5000000000/), (Fy2009)

PIP Tech and Social Isolation

In person contact remains the dominant means of communication with core network contacts. On average, there is face-to-face contact with each tie 210 out of 365 days per year, followed by mobile phone contact (195 days per year), text messaging (125 days per year), and then cards and letters (8 per year).
(PIP Tech and Social Isolation, pg. 8)

1 in 6 marriages occurred from people meeting online, more than twice as many that met in bars, clubs, and other social events combined.
(CMB Study)

1 out of 5 people in a committed relationship met their significant other online.

(CMB Study)

In 2009, 20% of teens checked social media more than 10 times per day, 39% have posted things they later regretted, 37% had used social media to make fun of other teens. 28% shared personal information that they normally wouldn't have shared in public.
(http://www.commonsensemedia.org/about-us/news/press-releases/social-networking-changing-childhood)

Internet users are 26% less likely to rely on neighbors for help with small services, but they remain as likely to help their neighbors with the same activities.
(PIP Tech and Social Isolation, pg. 10)

Social networking users have 20% more diverse social networks than people who do not use the Internet.
(PIP Tech and Social Isolation, pg. 11)