Though “social media” broadly encompasses a variety of platforms including blogs (WordPress, Medium, Tumblr), content sharing (YouTube, SlideShare, Instagram), and content curation (Scoop.It, Triberr, Paper.li), the term is nearly synonymous to many for the big social networks.
And with Google+ being deprecated, social networking now primarily means the “big three” of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, plus Pinterest now at #4.Here are a few highlights from the social networks stats and facts below:...
Love these facts. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest are the most important social media channels these days..
It is not surprising how important social networking platforms have become in the twenty-first century world. Surprisingly however is how people use particular sites. Take for example how while twitter is the favourite site for aspiring writers, journalists prefer facebook, similarly Pinterest is for marketing, while CEO's shun twitter. Linkedin is serious stuff, but ASK FM is a no no for serious ones!