Social media world statistics [infographic]

by Polly Becker, posted on 5 October, 2011 at 11:31 am, filed under Social Media and tagged infographic. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post.

A great inforgraphic here that details the top brands and people on Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

It also has comparisons of different Facebook industries engagement rates with airlines and telecom firms coming top as well as stats on the top countries.

Interesting to see that while Lady Gaga rules on Twitter, with her ten million plus followers, it is Eminem who leads on Facebook with a whopping 47 million fans.

(Source: Socialbakers.)

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