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Teens Prefer Tumblr Over Facebook

The Realtime Report

Tumblr is more popular than Facebook among young social media users, according to a recent survey by Posterous co-founder Garry Tan. Here’s the breakdown per platform: Tumblr dominated, used regularly by 61% of teens and 57% of young adults surveyed. Twitter was used regularly by 22% of teens and 17% of young adults.

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Social Networking Stats: Twitter & Politics In 2012, #RLTM Scoreboard

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Twitter: over 500 million users. Tumblr: 84 million blogs. via Tumblr. Tumblr: 84 million blogs. via Tumblr. Twitter & Politics: A 2012 Recap. On Tuesday, Twitter released a recap of the past year – 2012: Year on Twitter. tcot (top conservatives on Twitter).

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Top Social Media Stats of 2012

The Realtime Report

According to our traffic-counting elves, here are the top social media statistics we published in the last year: Twitter Hits 500 Million Registered Users (Feb 24): Approximately 12.3 The average Tumblr user spends 30 min or more on the site per day, and the majority of traffic (55-60%) comes from international users.

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2012 in Recap: The Year of Visual Social Media

Mindjumpers

But 2012 was also characterised by being the year when visual content came into focus, as Sara predicted. In 2012, the photo sharing platform Instagram became immensely popular, which proved that users are increasingly visually focused. Facebook Timeline. Facebook & Instagram: success and turbulences.

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Social Networking Stats: Tumblr Serves 20 Billion Page Views Per Month, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Twitter: over 500 million users. Tumblr: 80 million blogs. via Tumblr. Tumblr: 80 million blogs. via Tumblr. Tumblr Serves 20 Billion Page Views Per Month. Tumblr is now “pushing more than 20 billion page views a month” said CEO David Karp at GigaOM’s Roadmap 2012 conference.

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Realtime Olympics: 60% of London 2012 Visits Came Via Mobile; Facebook Was 2nd Highest Traffic Source

The Realtime Report

A new compilation of stats from the 2012 Olympic Games reveals that 60% of visits to the official London 2012 Games website and apps came from mobile devices. The London 2012 stats – showing engagement across 77 digital products - were compiled by Alex Balfour, the head of new media for London 2012.

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Social Networking Stats: Twitter Sees Over 300 Million Tweets Around #WorldCup, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Twitter: 255 million monthly active users. Tumblr: 192 million blogs. via Tumblr. Twitter Sees Over 300 Million Tweets About #WorldCup (And Counting). Twitter recently announced that in the first 15 days of the World Cup tournament, there have been over 300 million tweets related to #WorldCup. Facebook: 1.23