According
to a new report from the Pew Research Center's Internet and
American Life Project, 65 percent of online adults are now involved in social
networking. That's up from 61 percent last year, and is more than double it was
in 2008.
"The
pace with which new users have flocked to social networking sites has been
staggering," writes report authors Mary Madden and Kathryn Zickuhr.
"When we first asked about social networking sites in February of 2005,
just 8 percent of Internet users — or 5 percent of all adults — said they used
them.
Pew
has compiled some interesting social
networking usage factoids and statistics in this report. Where does social
networking stand in the most popular daily online activities in 2011? Which age
group's social networking usage has skyrocketed? And what are the top words — both positive and
negative — people associate with social networking? Check out the infographic
below.
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