Fair Warning
If you are thinking of starting a blog, be warned. These statistics are fairly grim regarding the number of blogs, blog abandonment, etc. Most of this data comes from 2010 information. The last several years has shown a significant increase in online activity, with the advent of the "smartphone" being a prime reason for this.
A Test of Social Media Knowledge
Below you will find sentences with blanks. If you look further down, you will see words and numbers to use to fill in the blanks. See if you can put the correct answers in the blanks. I will post with the answers filled-in later today. This is an open book test, you may you use the links provided below. Good luck.
Blogs
There are approximately ________million {English language} blogs, as of 2010, floating out in the blogosphere. ____% are abandoned after a month; _____ million blogs have been abandoned after one post. According to a study done a few years ago, approximately 132,000 blogs are abandoned after ___ year(s). Most active blogs are updated _______times per week; _____% of bloggers update once a day. 63% bloggers spend more than _______hours per day working on their blogs.
Blogger Demographics
______ of bloggers have an annual income of $100,000 per year. ____% blog as a hobby; ___% are self-employed; and _____% are corporate bloggers. Women make up _______of bloggers, with males comprising ______of that group. ______% of blog readers are women. The state of _______has the most blogs, with ________% of the blogs in the U.S.; _______comes in second with_______%. The ages between __________ are responsible for _______% of the blogs.
Facebook & Twitter, Etc.
There are more than ________million active Facebook users. When it comes to consumer influence, ___________ (49.7%) is/are slightly more popular than ________(47.1%). Twitter has over ________million unique visitors per month. There are _______million tweets per day, with ______ tweets per second. _______% of bloggers use Twitter with a primary goal of promoting his or her blog; and _______% of bloggers have Facebook, but only ________% have a separate Facebook page for his or her blog.
According to TopRank Marketing, the most effective social media sites to promote blog content are___________ (28%) and________ (26%) followed by__________ (4%) _______________ (3%) __________(2%) and _________ (2%).
Answer Box
53.3 1/3 YouTube 34 87 78 400 1 NY 40 to 60 1 21 3 21 to 35 Facebook 8 StumbleUpon 15 63 500 blogs 1/4 2 to 3 1.09 60 to 80 400 Flickr 600 Facebook LinkedIn 2/3 33 CA Twitter 24
Resources for Statistics
The Scoop
To the Newbies: If you are feeling brave and confident, go for it. To the Experienced Crowd: Have you ever abandoned a blog; or even thought about abandoning a blog? Why do people abandon blogs? Lack of time or interest; or maybe both?
Who knows, but it IS hard work and takes dedication, regardless of whether a person blogs as a career, to promote a fledgling business, to keep Grandma updated on Junior's growth, personality and cutie pie pictures or for the sheer reason of writing a developing a readership. I spend at minimum 30 hours per week on Motherly Law and that number doesn't count my time spent on Twitter & Facebook. It takes dedication, perseverance and love of writing to keep going day after day.
This information will be relevant for the next several weeks of posts. I'll be referring to it. Don't forget to stop by yesterday's Giveaway post to enter to win $52 worth of fabulous skin care products from Mary Kay Cosmetics! Over and out...
Anna
I blog for my kids...and only my kids...
At the end of each year I make a hardcover book out of my blog posts for that year and one day will present each of my kids with a whole stack of books! It will be their 'scrapbook' of sorts...
The friendships I have made and the generous give aways that I have been blessed with? Icing on the cake!
Posted by: darcie | Thursday, March 03, 2011 at 09:59 AM