Just last week, Nielsen released their Social Media Report for third quarter.  Some interested statistics in the report include, 

Social Networks and blogs reach nearly 80% of active U.S. Internet usersAmericans spend more time on Facebook than any other U.S. websiteNearly 40% of social media users access social media content through their mobile phoneSocial networking apps are the third most-used among U.S. smartphone usersMen stream more videos through social networks and watch th [...]

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