It continues to astound me just how much Social Media has grown in the last few years. It used to be something that people had to ask for a description of before they could comprehend it and the benefits it can bring. But now, we hear about it, and are using it, everyday! Being from a small town, Belleville ON, I see people resisting social media in this area still though. It's like they need a bit of convincing before they can jump on the bandwagon. We love to resist change right? Well, here are some amazing statistics about social media that should help sway you to becoming a user.

Facebook:
- daily active users have reached 665 million
- monthly active users have passed 1.1 billion for the first time
- 751 million mobile users access Facebook every month
- mobile only active users total 189 million
- mobile now generates 30% of its ad revenue up from 23% at the end of 2012

Twitter:
- 44% growth from June 2012 to March 2013
- 288 million monthly active users
        - That means 21%  of the world's Internet population are using Twitter every month
- over 500 million registered accounts
- Twitter's fastest growing age demographic is 55 to 64 years olds, registering an increase in active users of 79%

YouTube:
- 1 billion unique monthly visitors
- 6 billion hours of videos are watched every month
        - 50% more hours of video are watching in March 2013 compared to last August when it was 4 billion hours a month and last May when it was 3 billion
- YouTube reaches more U.S. adults ages 18-34 than any cable network

 Google+:
- 359 million monthly active users according to a Global Web Index study
- Its active users base grew by 33% from June 2012 through to March 2013

 LinkedIn:

- over 200 million users
- 2 new users join every second
- 64% of users are outside the USA

Surprised by any of these numbers? Convinced you need to be even more active on the social web? Share some thoughts or responses either here or on our Social Media sites: Facebook or Twitter