Archive for June 2012
Switching to Google+ [Infographic] – Infographic Labs
Pretty good. I’d see this as good reasons to join G+ rather than to see it only as reasons to switch from Facebook.
In Social Media, No One Upstages Lady Gaga [Infographic] | Laughlin Out Loud / Blog
Consider these additional Lady Gaga Social Media Stats:
- Her authority score is 100 out of 100 (this is wildly uncommon).
- The phrase “Lady Gaga” was mentioned over 5 million times in 3 months on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ alone.
- One out of six people on Twitter follow her.
- If each of her followers retweeted her post it could reach 7.5 billion people (that’s the population of planet Earth).
- 95% of “Lady Gaga” mentions on Twitter have positive sentiment.
- In one day alone (5/17/12) Lady Gaga’s Facebook page had more than 500 wall posts, 179 comments, and 458 likes.
Truly a broadcast channel. The stats speak volumes – Lady Gaga on the social web isn’t about personal engagement.
The C-level is coming around on big data [infographic] – GigaOm
Research by The Economist Intelligence Unit, commissioned by CapGemini.
Sitting is killing you [Infographic] – Greener Ideal
Even without the credibility of cited medical sources, I just know this all makes sense.
Twitter Active Users in Arab World – English | Visual.ly
They define an active Twitter user as “anyone who tweets at least once a month.” Well, whatever you think of that, at least it’s defined.
Note the countries with most penetration: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states: UAE, Qatar, Bahrain. Does that match societal demographics like education levels, standards of living, etc?
Nice infographic, good to see sources cited.


