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The Truth About Youth

A nice report looking at the findings of McCann Worldgroup’s global survey of 16-30 year-olds: a view of the first truly global generation, fuelled and empowered by technology and motivated by the same three fundamental needs: Commune (the need for connection, relationships, and community), Justice (the need for social or personal justice, to do what’s […]

World map of global social media usage

Tom Smith, founder of Trendstream, the company behind the GlobalWebIndex, exclusively talks us through their latest world map of global social media usage. Click on the bottom right of the toolbar above to view full-screen or download the PDF version. The new GlobalWebIndex Social Networking Map 2011 is designed to give a quick look overview […]

Rendezvous Cannes

I’m standing in Paris’ Gare de Lyon ready to leave for the Cannes Lions Festival. I’ll be in Cannes until Sunday, so if you’re around, feel free to get in touch via email or Twitter if you fancy meeting up for a coffee or a cheeky cocktail!

Foursquare hits 10 million users

Foursquare have just announced they’ve hit the 10 million user milestone, with this nice animated infographic to illustrate:

We Are Social's Monday Mashup #75

Social media accounts for one out of every six minutes spent online According to comScore data, social media now accounts for nearly 16% of time spent online, with Facebook responsible for an awful lot of this traffic – it reached an all-time high in May, of 157 million users in America. Bumper month for YouTube […]

We Are Winners

So, it’s been a while since my last post, and a lot’s happened since then, including us being awarded the Bronze in the FMCG category in the recent Marketing Week Engage Awards. But the highlight for me has to be We Are Social picking up Best Use of Social Media at the Revolution Awards. Fortunately […]

Zombies, ecosystems & connections

A lovely deck from Poke’s Andy Whitlock. Enjoy…

The UK Social Media Census 2011

A nice infographic from our friend Simon Sanders, looking at the results of some research earlier in the year, with overall social media usage broken down by age and by the proportion of the UK’s population using social media in different ways.

Social Media Revolution 2011

The latest video from Socialnomics, who have previously brought us Social Media Revolution and Social Media Revolution (take 2).

We Are Social's Monday Mashup #74

Businesses devote a third of their marketing spend to social media A study released this week found that businesses in the UK are now devoting a third of their marketing budget to social media. Marketers with more experience use social media more Research from eMarketer has found that marketers with over a year’s experience of […]