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Nielson Social Media Survey: Facebook Dominates Time Online, Tumblr and Mobile Use Exploding

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The new Nielson Social Media Report shows again the growing dominance of social networks in general and Facebook in particular.  Highlights of “State of the Media: The Social Media Report“ (Charts after the jump below.:

Social networks and blogs continue to dominate Americans' time online, now accounting for nearly a quarter of total time spent on the Internet

At over 53 billion total minutes during May 2011, Americans spend more time on Facebook than they do on any other website

Tumblr is an emerging player in social media, nearly tripling its audience from a year ago

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Nearly 40% of social media users access social media content from their mobile phone

Internet users over the age of 55 are driving the growth of social networking through the Mobile Internet

70% of active online adult social networkers shop online, 12% more likely than the average adult Internet user

Across a sample of 10 global markets, social networks and blogs are the top online destination in each country, accounting for the majority of time spent online and reaching at least 60% of active Internet users.

via Business Insider

via Nielson

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