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Facebook and Twitter: Out With the Old, In With the New

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At the turn of the decade, Facebook and Twitter were the two giants in social media. Yet back in 2010 (a simpler time for both sites, pre-IPO’s), both sites were generally untapped when it came to ad revenue and mass appeal for small businesses. The Trouble with Twitter. Meanwhile, Twitter has some other tricks up their sleeve.

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Kuwait Has Most Twitter Users Per Capita

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Kuwait has the most Twitter users per capita, according to a recent paper by analysts from Northeastern University. The researchers also found a clear correlation between GDP per capita and Twitter adoption. The Netherlands ranks #2, while the UK and US fall behind in 4th and 5th place, respectively. Click here to read the full paper.

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#LoveCapeTown Campaign Shakes Up “Fam” Trip With Crowdsourced Tips for Travel Bloggers

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Cape Town — #1 on that list of destinations, just after hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup — has worked to sustain high visitor growth, capitalizing on the approximate US $1.8 million soccer fans back in 2010. billion the city invested to welcome over 1.5 Cape Town Facebook page reached 100,000 fans.

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Social Networks See Majority of Traffic Coming From Mobile

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” A new report from the comScore Data Mine compares desktop vs. mobile usage for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vine and Snapchat. Social Networking Stats: Complaints Total One-Fifth of Brand Interactions on Facebook, Twitter YouTube Commands 50% of Time Spent On Mobile Entertainment Apps.

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Social Networking Stats: Instagram Reaches 80 Million Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

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Twitter: over 500 million users. Since we launched Instagram in October 2010, we’ve expanded from one platform to two, bringing Instagram to Android users as well as iOS users.” The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Facebook: 955 million active users. via Twopcharts. Qzone: 576 million active users.

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Time Spent on Mobile Apps Totals 76% of Time Spent Watching TV

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The 127 minutes spent on mobile apps each day is also inching its way toward the 168 minutes spent watching TV per day, based on data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2010 and 2011. Time spent in mobile apps now totals 76% of time spent watching television. Do you spend more time on mobile apps or watching television?

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Social Networking Stats: Facebook Accounts for 17% of Mobile Ad Revenue in US, #RLTM Scoreboard

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Twitter: over 218 million monthly active users. via Twitter. Twitter is responsible for just $420 million of US digital ad revenue, or 1% of total digital ad spending. Back in 2010, mobile ad spending accounted for only 3% of digital budgets. The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Facebook: 1.15