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Posted: 7:21 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012

Nine Stats That Prove We're Addicted to the Internet 

Who's addicted to the internet?!  I AM!!!!  It's ridiculous...

The number of global Internet users grew about 6.5% between 2010 and 2011, and now stands at around 2.1 BILLION.  And check out how much we're using it.  Here's what happens online every single MINUTE.

--Over 2 MILLION things are searched for on Google.

--48 HOURS worth of new video is uploaded to YouTube.

--We send over 204 MILLION emails.

--Facebook users share 684,000 pieces of content . . . including pictures and messages.

--Twitter users post more than 100,000 Tweets.

--Consumers spend about $272,000 online shopping.  That's every MINUTE.  So over the course of a day, that's around $390 MILLION.

--217 new users start accessing the Internet with things like smartphones and iPads.

--Instagram users share 3,600 new photos.

--And 571 new websites are created.  So over 800,000 a day, or 300 MILLION a year.  (DVice.com)

 
 
 

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