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[data orgy] Visualizing the internet (and Social media) – again

After collecting a few links during my week end, I wanted to share with you some of the jewels I’ve seen during my random digital wanderings. Definitely, data visualization is on the rise.

Chef’s menu for today :

  • Visualizing the top100 websites : convenient to know what people visit and where the traffic goes
  • Mashable’s state of the twittersphere, on a graphic
  • 33 data visualization about Internet, Social Media and their usage
  • The social media effect in 1 graph
  • The size of the mobile market
  • The story of the evolution of email.

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Data orgy – visualizing the 6 year growth of Facebook

Facebook just celebrated its 6th birthday, and Mashable just picked up an outstanding Infographic about the Facebook growth the last 6 years.

Facebook was launched on February 4, 2004 and has come a long way from a Harvard-only networking site in the intervening years. In fact, Facebook has undoubtedly become the worldโ€™s largest social network, with over 400 million users worldwide and more than 900 employees. Letโ€™s take a closer look at what kinds of numbers and user activity this growth translates to.

http://mashable.com/2010/02/10/facebook-growth-infographic/

Click on the picture for high res version.

Twitter stats (again) but in real life

I found today this impressive set of stats about Twitter that give an idea about the massive level of data created by the conversations currently taking place over the platform at this moment. Could be nice to keep in mind when discussing about Twitter with clients (if they ever need to be convinced ๐Ÿ™‚

Or just for the pleasure of reading odd figures ๐Ÿ™‚

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/but_why_would_you_if_you_print.php

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/25/twitter-1.jpg

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/25/twitter-2.jpg

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/01/25/twitter-2.jpg