about Why social media are important

Here's a few statistics that explain why:

• By March 2006, 84 million Americans had broadband at home, a 40% jump from 2005 figures
• By March 2006, Pew estimated 48 million Americans were regular online content creators
• By the end of 2005, 139 million people in the world had a DSL (broadband) connection
• In 2005, $6.7 billion worth of digital cameras were sold in the U.S.
• About 41% of all cell phone owners use them as content tools
• By the end of 2005, just over 1 billion people were online -- that's 1/6th of the world
• Asia represents the world's most populous online segment
• By July 2006, 50 million blogs had been created and their number was doubling every 6 months
• About 7,200 new blogs are created every hour
• By 2006, 10 million people were listening to podcasts in 2006; by 2010, it's expected to be 50 million people
• About 100 million videos are viewed every day on YouTube; about 65,000 videos uploaded every day
• In 2006, MySpace had over 100 million registered members, most of them from the U.S

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