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, some 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 are uploaded every day
- In 2006, MySpace had over 100 million registered members, most of them from the U.S.
- In early 2007, Digg had 900,000 members and 20 million visitors per month
- About 28% of online Americans have tagged a photo, news story or blog post; about 7% of all American Internet users tag content every day
From: creatingcustomerevangelists.com
