LinkedIn is revamping its profile pages, revealing new tools and options to users starting this past Tuesday. Along with these updates – which include new photo, biography, editing and sharing options – we found some new statistics about the social networking platform. Then check out more stats for social networking platforms on the #RLTM Scoreboard. Read →
New data from HighBeam Research reveals that among social networking platforms, Twitter still dominates media mentions. Out of the eight social networks examined, Twitter earned 55.8% of media mentions in September 2012. Read →
This week marked big milestones for both Facebook and Foursquare, with user numbers growing to over 1 billion and 25 million, respectively. Check out more new stats for both platforms, and this week’s #RLTM Scoreboard. Read →
Smartphone owners in the US visited Instagram (from their smartphone) more frequently and for longer periods of time than they visited Twitter in August 2012, according to new data from comScore (as reported by AllThingsD). Read →
This week, Google Senior Vice President, Engineering Vic Gundotra announced that 400 million Google users have now upgraded to Google+. Of those, 100 million are “monthly active users” on Google+. In other words, one-fourth of users who make the upgrade become a regular user of the service. Read →
Instagram now has over 100 million users, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference this past Tuesday. “It just crossed 100 million users,” he said. “They’re killing it.” Read →
How engaged is Facebook’s massive user base? Now with 955 million monthly active users, Facebook’s Head of Audience Insights Robert D’Onofrio claims that 85% of those users are creating some form of content. Read →
Click-through rates for ads on Facebook’s mobile newsfeed are surpassing those for similar ads on Twitter. Why are Facebook’s mobile ads working so well? Also check out the latest social networking stats on the #RLTM Scoreboard. Read →
A look at growth rates for both Facebook and Twitter in the US reveals that while Facebook’s growth continues to slow, Twitter’s will remain in the double digits through 2014. Read →
Data recently released from The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) – a state-supported research organization – revealed that the number of microblog users topped the number of social network users in China in December 2011. Read →
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