I love Statistics. The numbers being produced everyday WOW me. How do you even comprehend a zettabyte.

1. Statistics – Big
Data
The data is
getting bigger the
machines are
getting smaller

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As we head into 2015, this seemed like a
good time to reflect on the crazy statistics
that have been produced over the last
couple of years.

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Big Data – every day we create
2.5 quintillion bytes of data
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/important-big-data-facts-for-it-professionals.html

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“By 2015, 4.4 million IT jobs globally will be
created to support big data, generating 1.9
million IT jobs in the United States. Every big
data-related role in the U.S. will create
employment for three people outside of IT, so
over the next four years a total of 6 million jobs
in the U.S. will be generated by the
information economy. The challenge? There's
not enough talent in the industry.”
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/important-big-data-facts-for-it-professionals.html

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http://barnraisersllc.com/2012/12/38-big-facts-big-data-companies/

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http://www.zdnet.com/the-new-digital-workplace-how-enterprises-are-preparing-for-the-
future-of-work-7000032896/

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http://www.internetlivestats.com/google-search-statistics/

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9067639/Study_Digital_universe_and_its_i
mpact_bigger_than_we_thought

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Social Media Active Users
0
200,000,000
400,000,000
600,000,000
800,000,000
1,000,000,000
1,200,000,000
1,400,000,000
Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest
Active Users
Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest
http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/social-media-statistics-2014_b57746

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http://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2014/05/24/top-twitter-trends-what-countries-
are-most-active-whos-most-popular/

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USA
UK
Canada
Australia
Brazil
Germany
Netherlands
France
India
South Africa
The Top 10 Twitter Countries in the World
The USA is the top user.
Please note China was
not Included in this survey
http://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2014/05/24/top-twitter-trends-what-
countries-are-most-active-whos-most-popular/

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You Tube
“100 hours of video are uploaded to
YouTube every minute and it would take
you around 15 years to watch every video
uploaded by users in one day.”
https://www.youtube.com/yt/press/en-GB/statistics.html

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Smartphones
There are 1.2B smartphones in the world today.
Constantly collecting data with their gps
systems, and social media updating, etc.
http://www.zdnet.com/idc-smartphone-growth-to-continue-reach-1-2-billion-in-2014-
7000029947/
Are you sure they aren’t watching you?? In
Canada the police don’t need a warrant to
search your cellphone.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/scc-rules-warrantless-cellphone-searches-ok-1.2143095

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Smartphones
There are 1.2B smartphones in the world today.
Constantly collecting data with their gps
systems, and social media updating, etc.
http://www.zdnet.com/idc-smartphone-growth-to-continue-reach-1-2-billion-in-2014-
7000029947/
Are you sure they aren’t watching you?? In
Canada the police don’t need a warrant to
search your cellphone.
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/scc-rules-warrantless-cellphone-searches-ok-1.2143095

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Facebook Active Users by Country
0
100,000,000
200,000,000
300,000,000
400,000,000
500,000,000
600,000,000
700,000,000
800,000,000
900,000,000
1,000,000,000
Total US & Canada Asia Europe UK
http://expandedramblings.com/index.php/by-the-numbers-17-amazing-facebook-stats/2/

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Instagram
https://totems.co/instagram-statistics//
Instagram was launched in October 2010.
Two months later, its community was
already 1 million strong.
 Today there are 200 Million Monthly Active
Users
 20 Billion Photos have been shared to
date
 1.6 Billion Likes and 60 Million Photos are
shared every day

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Pinterest
http://savvypanda.com/blog/beginner-level/top-6-pinterest-stats-you-cant-ignore.html
As a retailer where are you going to spend your
advertising revenue. FB has 1,280,000,000 and
Twitter has 255,000,000 active users compared to
Pinterest’s 40,000,000 active users but when you see
the revenue per click numbers below. WOW
 47% of US online consumers have made a
purchased based on recommendations from
Pinterest.
 Pinterest generates 4x more revenue (per click)
than twitter and 27% more per click than
Facebook.

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Big Data
http://savvypanda.com/blog/beginner-level/top-6-pinterest-stats-you-cant-ignore.html
Big Data is exploding, these stats are out of
date within minutes of them being
produced. The first time I heard of a
terabyte was around 5 years ago. Now
there are numbers I can’t even
comprehend.
Are you ready for the FUTURE?

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