“It’s Facebook official,” is a common phrase used when people decide make their relationship public. But, what happens when a relationship goes south? Well, if you update your relationship status to single or divorced, everyone knows. Research now shows Facebook makes it harder to get over a breakup ”as a third of us can’t bring ourselves to delete digital memories.”
The best of the best social networks have numbers that are difficult to comprehend. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Google+ have more users than the entire population of the United States. All top six social networks have more users than the combined total of pet dogs in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, Brazil and China (estimated 262 million pet dogs).
So, just how do the world’s top social networks stack up? Here are the top 18 who have broken the 100 million plus mark:
Top social networks as of April 2013
And, a few well on their way:
Flickr: 87 million users
Yelp: 78 million users
WordPress: 74 million blogs
Pinterest: 48.7 million users
Reddit: 43 million users
In addition that little doozy, the study found:
Want even more? Check out their handy dandy infographic.
How do I know? I heard it from Facebook:
That means you can stop posting, liking and sharing anything that begins with, “”I hereby declare that my copyright is attached to all of my personal details…”
The more you know ————— ★
Large organizations tend to be at a disadvantage with social media. They often experience the “too big to scale” phenomenon. Questions like who will lead social media efforts to implementing a social media policy overwhelm executives. While there’s lots of free advice available on the interwebz, you’ll likely spend a lot of time trying to pull the bits and pieces together into a skeleton of a plan.
Social media management system Sprinklr created a comprehensive thought leadership e-book on how the enterprise world can scale social. If there’s one thing all 30 experts agree on, it’s that it can be done.
[DISCLAIMER: I'm featured in the book. I think it's pretty cool, but I think the advice offered from the other 29 experts is even cooler.]
What’s covered?
My chapter focuses on ”How to Scale the Social Media Corporate Team at the Enterprise Level” (page 29). Most important? Your team, their workflow and giving them the necessary tools and equipment needed to do their jobs well.
You can check out the entire (free) e-book, below. And, here’s a list for all contributors who are active on Twitter.