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By Amanda Sibley Amanda Sibley is a member of the paid marketing team at HubSpot. She helps create and manage paid advertisements and external vendors to help generate leads across various platforms. Amanda is also a regular contributor to the HubSpot blog, where she writes about various topics across inbound marketing.

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an introduction
Everyone is talking about how Facebook can drive traffic, leads and customers to your site. But how much do you really know about Facebook? Who is actually using it, and for what? How can you best optimize your Facebook presence to get the most return on your efforts? By knowing who your audience is on Facebook, you will be able to engage with them more effectively. You can find the best time to reach them and what type of content resonates with them. Read on to see some interesting and surprising statistics about the social media giant we all know and love.

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Users of Facebook
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1 There are over 950 million people on Facebook worldwide.


Source: Facebook
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500 million users log into Facebook each day.


...a 48% increase from 2010 to 2011.
Source: The Social Skinny 2012

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3 Over 223 million

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people in Europe are on Facebook.


Source: Search Engine Journal

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People ages 25-34 use Facebook the most.

Source: Emarketer 2012


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new Facebook profiles are made every second.


Source: AllFacebook 2012

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Source: Emarketer

53% female

47% male
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Traffic is highest mid-week between

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Source: Bit.ly blog

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Engagement is 18% higher on Thursdays & Fridays.


Source: Bit.ly blog

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There are 83 million fake Facebook profiles.
Source: CNN

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300 million photos are uploaded each day.

Source: Gizmodo
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Source: Infodocket
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Every 60 seconds...

136,000 photos are uploaded

510,000 comments are posted.

293,000 statuses are updated

Source: The Social Skinny


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of 18-24 yearolds check Facebook when they wake up.


Source: The Social Skinny
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in 5 page views in the US occurs on Facebook.

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42% OF MARKETERS SAY


FACEBOOK IS CRITICAL OR IMPORTANT TO THEIR BUSINESS.
Source: State of Inbound Marketing 2012

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Brand engagement in 2011 increased by
Source: State of Inbound Marketing, HubSpot 2012

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Facebook for Business


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62%
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of marketers said social media became more important to their marketing campaigns in the last 6 months.
Source: State of Inbound Marketing, HubSpot 2012
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Companies that acquired customers from Facebook:

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Source: State of Inbound Marketing 2012
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Retail is the top industry

that has acquired customers through Facebook.

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Education

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Healthcare

Manufacturing

Source: State of Inbound Marketing, HubSpot 2012

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8%
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of US companies have fired someone because of what they have posted on social media.
Source: The Social Skinny

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The number of businesses that say Facebook is critical or important to their business has increased by

75%
Source: State of Inbound Marketing, HubSpot, March 2012
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Source: State of Inbound Marketing, HubSpot, March 2012

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Brands have seen a increase in user engagement with the new business Timeline.

46%

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Source: Simply Measured


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Brands have seen a 65% increase in user engagement of INTERACTIVE content with the new Timeline.
Source: Simply Measured

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72% of marketers handle social media inhouse.


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Marketers struggle with lead generation on Facebook.

Source: SocialMediaExaminer
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43% of people ages 20-29 use Facebook for marketing +11 hours per week.

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Facebook decreases likes and comments by 70%.
Source: Digital Buzz Blog 2012

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Social media has a 100% higher leadto-close rate than outbound marketing.
Source: State of Inbound Marketing, HubSpot 2012

Social Media

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18% of their budgets


on social media, the most out of all marketing channels.
Source: State of Inbound Marketing, HubSpot 2012

Small businesses spend

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Retail Brands on Facebook


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53% of shoppers who clicked through from a friends Facebook page have made a purchase.
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Consumers who followed a link to a retail site from Facebook spent an average of $102.59.
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51% of fans are more likely to purchase from brands they

on Facebook.
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Friends of Fans
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56% of people are more

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of U.S. online consumers have made a purchase based on recommendations from friends on Facebook.
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Fans and their friends bought 16% more frequently in stores when exposed to paid media from the brand.
Source: The Power of the Like II, comScore and Facebook, June 2012

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Brands on Facebook extend their friends of fans by 50-200%.


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Facebook Advertising
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of marketers plan on using Facebook ads in the future.
Source: Social Media Today

90%
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their Facebook ad budget for 2012.

56% of marketers have increased


Source: State of Inbound Marketing, HubSpot 2012

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Source: Social Media Today

say that Facebook ads are effective in fan and customer acquisition.

68% of marketers

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39% of advertisers on Facebook have driven traffic off of their Facebook ads, and onto an external landing page.
Source: Social Media Today

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The average cost per click increased

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Source: ClearSlide

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95% of all wall posts are

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