Social Media Dominated by Middle-Aged Users

Social Media Dominated by Middle-Aged Users There are still many people whobelievesocial media is just for kids when in fact,social media is dominated by middle-aged users. A Royal Pingdom study of the following 19 sites, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, Slashdot, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, FriendFeed, Last.fm, Friendster, LiveJournal, Hi5, Tagged, Ning, Xanga, Classmates.com, Beboshowsnot one of these sites were dominated by the 18-24 age group.Theage group that dominated 11 out of these 19 sites was 35-44 and the average ageof a social network user is 37! Resultsalso showed: 64% of Twitters users are aged 35 or older 61% of Facebooks users are aged 35 or older The average age for Linkedins users is 44 The 2010 Social Network Analysis reportby Brian Chappell, Ignite Social Mediaincludesgeographic and traffic data in addition todemographicinformation on age, gender, education and household income for awide range of social networks. Greater than80% of Facebook and Twitter users are over the age of 24 and40% of Linkedin users are over the age of 44. There is no shortage of social media stats and tips and Social Media Today is always a great resource as seen in Fascinating Social Media Facts of Year 2010 including the following: Facebook is studied to have the highest penetration. The top 3 sites include Facebook (51%), MySpace (20%), and Twitter (17%). YouTube receives over 2 billion viewers each day. More than 600 million searches happen on Twitter every day. LinkedIn has executives from all Fortune 500 companies. For more information on Social Media stats and trends visit YouTube and searchsocial mediato see over 360,000 videos. Internet World Statsreports over 77% of the population of North America, approximately 266 million people, areInternet users. Close to 30% of the worlds population use the Internet which is nearing 2 billion people. Facebook has over 500 million users. Twitter is nearing200 million users. Linkedin has over 87 million users.There are hundreds of other social media sites. Still thinksocial media is just for kids? Elite Resumeshas been providing executive career management services since 1993. Social Media Dominated by Middle-Aged Users There are still many people whobelievesocial media is just for kids when in fact,social media is dominated by middle-aged users. A Royal Pingdom study of the following 19 sites, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, Slashdot, Reddit, Digg, Delicious, StumbleUpon, FriendFeed, Last.fm, Friendster, LiveJournal, Hi5, Tagged, Ning, Xanga, Classmates.com, Beboshowsnot one of these sites were dominated by the 18-24 age group.Theage group that dominated 11 out of these 19 sites was 35-44 and the average ageof a social network user is 37! Resultsalso showed: 64% of Twitters users are aged 35 or older 61% of Facebooks users are aged 35 or older The average age for Linkedins users is 44 The 2010 Social Network Analysis reportby Brian Chappell, Ignite Social Mediaincludesgeographic and traffic data in addition todemographicinformation on age, gender, education and household income for awide range of social networks. Greater than80% of Facebook and Twitter users are over the age of 24 and40% of Linkedin users are over the age of 44. There is no shortage of social media stats and tips and Social Media Today is always a great resource as seen in Fascinating Social Media Facts of Year 2010 including the following: Facebook is studied to have the highest penetration. The top 3 sites include Facebook (51%), MySpace (20%), and Twitter (17%). YouTube receives over 2 billion viewers each day. More than 600 million searches happen on Twitter every day. LinkedIn has executives from all Fortune 500 companies. For more information on Social Media stats and trends visit YouTube and searchsocial mediato see over 360,000 videos. Internet World Statsreports over 77% of the population of North America, approximately 266 million people, areInternet users. Close to 30% of the worlds population use the Internet which is nearing 2 billion people. Facebook has over 500 million users. Twitter is nearing200 million users. Linkedin has over 87 million users.There are hundreds of other social media sites. Still thinksocial media is just for kids? Elite Resumeshas been providing executive career management services since 1993.