LinkedIn Slideshare
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As of the second quarter of 2011, LinkedIn's global memberships grew to 115.8 million, reflecting a 61% increase from 2010, with predictions estimating user numbers to reach 165 million by the end of the year. The platform has over 1.3 billion connections and significant member engagement, with 17.8 million users involved in groups. Additionally, LinkedIn's revenue surged by 120% to $121 million in the same quarter, indicating strong financial growth.
LinkedIn Slideshare
- 1. The growth, current use and future direction of LinkedIn Stats and facts FreshNetworks report: August 2011 @FreshNetworks 1 www.freshnetworks.com
- 2. The growth of LinkedIn 2 www.freshnetworks.com
- 3. LinkedIn: Eight years since launch Number of users in Millions 3 www.freshnetworks.com
- 4. Membership growth Overall, global memberships - free and paid for – on LinkedIn grew to 115.8 million in the second quarter of this year, up 61% on 2010. By Q1 2011, user numbers were beyond the 100 million mark. Image source: LinkedIn 4 www.freshnetworks.com
- 5. Membership demographic 70% of LinkedIn users are between 25-54 years old. 5 www.freshnetworks.com
- 6. Member connections There are over 1.3 billion connections between members on LinkedIn. 6 www.freshnetworks.com
- 7. Member activity Currently 17.8 million LinkedIn users are members of groups and 1.2 million post comments to groups every week. 7 www.freshnetworks.com
- 8. Fastest growing markets (% increase) Brazil 428% India 76% Mexico 178% France 72% *2010 year-on-year growth 8 www.freshnetworks.com
- 9. Predicted LinkedIn growth by end 2011 By looking at the growth figures for LinkedIn over the last three years and then considering the increase in users between 1st January and 31st March we predict that: LinkedIn will have 165 million users by the end of 2011. 9 www.freshnetworks.com
- 10. Revenue increase LinkedIn has also recently announced a revenue increase of 120% - up year on year to $121m (£74m) in the three months to June. Profit was also up to $4.5m (£2.8m), compared to $4.3m (£2.6m) in the previous year. 10 www.freshnetworks.com
- 11. Brands and businesses on LinkedIn. 11 www.freshnetworks.com
- 12. Company pages There are now over 2 million company pages on LinkedIn and almost 80 million job transitions have been tracked across the network. 12 www.freshnetworks.com
- 13. Top companies on LinkedIn Top 10 followed companies on LinkedIn: • IBM • Hewlett Packard • Accenture • Microsoft • Oracle • Deloitte • PwC • Cisco • Apple • Google 13 www.freshnetworks.com
- 14. Most followed & most employees 14 www.freshnetworks.com
- 15. Ratio employees to followers On average, each company has 2.5 followers for each employee on the site. However, there are a couple of standout performers: • Apple has 6 followers . • Google has 8 followers. 15 www.freshnetworks.com
- 16. Size of companies on LinkedIn • Largest companies (with 10,000+ employees) account for only 0.007% of company pages on the site. • Over three quarters of the organisations on LinkedIn are SME’s - 51% of which have between 1-10 employees and 27% have 11-50 employees. 16 www.freshnetworks.com
- 17. Download the full report How and why are brands using LinkedIn? The growth, current use and future direction of LinkedIn http://bit.ly/qNDa5b 17 www.freshnetworks.com
- 18. Top companies on LinkedIn 18 © 2011 www.freshnetworks.com