8th September 2010 by Alex Wilhelm
This lovely infographic has a veritable plethora of data (datums?) on age and social networking. What sticks out? Social network users are much older on average than you may have thought. Average age of someone who tweets? 39 years old. Average age on LinkedIn? 44 years.
Take a look, some 47% of internet users aged 50-64 are users of social networks, maybe its time they were given more respect. Thanks to FlowTown for compiling this be sure and check out the high-resolution version.
[...] here: The Average Twitter User Is How Old? – The Next Web Filed Under: 100, 2, 2010, 3, 3D, 4, 7, 99, A8, Amp, Ar, Art, Av, BB, Ba, Bar, Blogs, Border, [...]
[...] Una cuestión que hay que tener en cuenta antes de analizar y sacar conclusiones sobre estos gráficos, conviene recordar que los porcentajes son de usuarios de Internet, no sobre la población total de esa edad [Visto en The Next Web]. [...]
[...] infographic from Flowtown (via Alex Wilhelm) points towards the shift in demographics on the most popular social [...]
[...] That in itself was quite a hike, particularly the average age of users of Facebook. The statistic was confirmed late last year (September 2010) by thenextweb.com [...]
[...] breaking news handles and around 200 other assorted accounts. The average Twitter user’s age is just older than 39 — most likely tweeting on behalf of a company or business, promoting deals or breaking news. [...]
[...] of my close friends do not use Twitter. I guess that’s not too surprising given the average Twitter user is 39 years-old and as a twenty-something, the average age of my close friends is considerably lower than 39 years [...]
[...] age group of voters is aged 30-44 at 29%, while the highest being 45-64 at 37%. According to http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/20…er-is-how-old/ the average age for a twitter account is 39, LinkedIn is 44, and the 47% of all internet users are [...]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bolfovanegas/4169738149/in/set-72157622842439077/
Thanks for realizing “we” are not all in rocking chairs knitting scarves for our children waiting to die!
:D
So all those Heads of Marketing thinking social media is going to put their brand in front of the 18-30s and get them their bonus this year are in for disappointment… who’d a thunk it!?
Interesting stats. Unfortunately, I think your legend is reversed in the bar graph that’s in the middle on the right side. You are showing an increase in the % of people who have NOT done this from 2009 to 2010, which is the opposite of the point you are trying to make.
Jeezus, another “Mom” reference? Aren’t there enough GeekGirls out there (of all ages) to end the Mom comparisons? This is an interesting bit of sociographics, but seriously enough with the Mom thing!
Don’t forget that some of us 50-64s were writing and using IM software back in the late 1970s. To a person who was chatting and flirting online 30 years ago, Facebook is only a small step forward.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/magazine/03wwln-medium-t.html