Facebook Infographic Reveals We Really Like Facebook

Much like the surprising resurgence of animated gif popularity, another favorite form of content production via images has to do with the extensive use of inforgraphics.  Normally oversized, these image-based representations of statistical information have exponentially grown in popularity, especially with bloggers.

One of these latest creations, via Online Schools, focuses on our healthy obsession with MySpace.  Oh, wait.  All apologies.  Considering the Googlebomb story from earlier, this author is still stuck in 2004 mode, a time when MySpace ruled the social media scene.  Now that title belongs to Facebook, naturally, and that’s where this particular infographic focused.

That being said, it would be pretty neat to see a before-and-after infographic covering MySpace’s reign of sparkling gif terror. 

As for Facebook, well, it’s safe to say we’re a nation of Facebook freaks, but said addiction doesn’t just start and stop with the United States.  In fact, according to the infographic, 71.2 percent of Facebook users reside outside of the US. 

There are a number of other interesting tidbits, like:

- Members over the age of 35 comprise more than 30 percent of Facebook members
- 48 percent of “young Americans” get their news from Facebook (frightening)
- 750 million photos were uploaded to Facebook over the last New Years weekend

But perhaps the most surprising is the willingness to incriminate one’s self.  If the infographic is correct, the number of likes for “drugs” is up a whopping 1131.9 percent.  Now, the graphic says this year, but one has to believe they meant 2010 instead of the current year which is barely three months old.

Then again, maybe we’re all just a bunch of party people.

Another interesting portion deals with a 20-minute breakdown of Facebook activity.  The findings include:

- 1.9 million friend requests accepted
- 1.5 million wall posts
- 1.3 million photos tagged
- over 10 million comments made

So what have we learned?  That people seriously like playing around in Facebook.  Of course, this is common knowledge, but the infographic breakdown makes it much, much easier to visualize.  The question is, how long before people start migrating to the next trendy social site?

If it happened to MySpace, you had better believe it can happen to Mark Zuckerberg’s creation.  Here’s the entire infographic for your viewing pleasure:

Via: Online Schools

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