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Teens Prefer Tumblr Over Facebook

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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. Are you surprised by Tumblr’s dominance over Facebook in this demographic?

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Top Social Media Stats of 2012

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Tumblr Reaches 15 Billion Monthly Pageviews (Jan 27): Tumblr CEO David Karp revealed that Tumblr has reached 15 billion impressions monthly and an audience of 120 million people. 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

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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: Twitter & Politics In 2012, #RLTM Scoreboard

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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. The tweet garnered not only the most retweets in 2012, but the most retweets in history (over 817,000, as reported by the Washington Post.). via Google.

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

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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. Renren: over 170 million users. via iResearch iUser Tracker. via LinkedIn. via Google.

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

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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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How To Start A Blog In 2012

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Starting a Blog in 2012 is a little bit more complex. You can even Blog using tumblr - which is a hybrid online social network and Blogging platform - or you can Blog for an existing online publisher like The Huffington Post. How to start a Blog in 2012: Choose the right platform. Starting a Blog is easy. Read first. readership.