Some Interesting Facts About Social Networks
We’re going to go over a number of interesting social media facts that many don’t know about. For example, there are currently around 4.14 billion active users on these sites. This number is expected to increase in the coming years, as these virtual spaces have become a privileged showcase and source of information for a large part of the world’s population.
However, it is worth remembering that almost half of the world’s population does not have any social media accounts.
Although many believe that the era of social networks did not begin until the 21st century, in truth the first social network appeared in 1997. It was SixDgrees and this site already offered the creation of individual profiles and friends lists. However, this project was not very successful. Now let’s take a look at some more social media highlights.
Some interesting facts about Facebook
Facebook is the social network with the most users in the world. However, it is not widely known why the famous brand’s logo is blue. Mark Zuckerberg, its founder, is color blind: he confuses green and red. Blue is the color he masters best, and that is why it is the official color of this network. Here are many other curiosities on this social network:
- Facebook currently has over 2.74 billion internet users.
- If this social network were a country, it would be the third most populous country on the planet behind China and India.
- About 500 new accounts are created every minute on Facebook.
- There is no way to block or criticize Mark Zuckerberg. At Facebook, the rules apply to everyone except him.
- About 30 million Facebook accounts belong to deceased people.
- About 350 million photos are uploaded to Facebook every day. Facebook is therefore considered to be the largest image bank on the planet.
- Most of Facebook’s users are in Asia and Africa.
- During what has been called the “Arab Spring”, Facebook played a crucial role in local protests. In tribute to the role played by Facebook during this period, an Egyptian protester named his daughter “Facebook Jamal Ibrahim”.
Some fun facts about Twitter
Although Twitter is not one of the most popular social networks, it is nonetheless one of the most influential. It is much faster than Facebook and many political events are discussed there. In fact, this social network itself gave rise to political events.
The temporary closure of Donald Trump’s account after the assault on Capitol Hill in 2020 is one example. Likewise, Tweeter has decided to withdraw a tweet from Álvaro Uribe Vélez at the massive request of subscribers of this network. Let’s take a look at other highlights:
- Twitter is a platform favored by men. Indeed, 68% of users are men.
- For both men and women, the age group that frequents this social network the most is between 35 and 49 years old.
- The account with the most followers is that of former US President Barack Obama. He has 130 million fans.
- Some people think Twitter is more addictive than alcohol and work. It is not yet clear whether this is a disorder or a bad habit.
- One of the more interesting Twitter accounts is @RealTimeWWII. On this account, day after day, the story of World War II is told as if it were unfolding in real time. A fabulous account for history buffs.
Other interesting facts about social media
In this selection of curiosities on social networks, we could not leave out some information about YouTube, the second most popular social network in the world. It has over 2 billion users. It is estimated that 90% of Internet users subscribe to this network.
YouTube is perhaps the most diverse social network when it comes to age. It is used by 84% of 11-15 year olds and 51% of people over 75 years old. It is estimated that 30,000 hours of video are created every day.
Today, users access all social networks mainly through their mobile phones. These spaces have appeared to stay and will certainly continue to surprise and create new habits in the years to come.
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