Top social media buzz of 2012
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Find out how many people were plugged into different social networks in 2012 and what they were posting, based on statistics compiled by The Huffington Post.
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Facebook has nearly 850 million active monthly users. Twenty-one percent of those users are from Asia.
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Twenty-five percent of Facebook's users don't take advantage of any of the site's privacy controls.
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Each day, 250 million new photos are posted to Facebook.
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Fifty-seven percent of Facebook users are female.
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A photo of President Barack Obama hugging his wife posted after his re-election was announced became the most-liked post in the site's history, earning more than 4 million likes.
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Thirty-two percent of Internet users are on Twitter.
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One million new users signed up for Twitter each day of 2012.
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There were 175 million tweets sent each day of 2012.
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The 2012 election was the most-tweeted-about political event in U.S. history, generating 31.7 million tweets.
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Instagram had 80 million users and 7.3 million active daily users as of August.
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Five million pictures are posted on Instagram each day.
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Instagram users liked 78 million pictures in 2012.
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#Love, #instagood, #me, #tbt and #cute were the five most popular hashtags on Instagram in 2012.
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More than 800,000 photos on Instagram carried the hashtag #Sandy, created for photos related to the superstorm.
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An average Pinterest visit lasts 16 minutes.
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Pinterest is most popular with 25 to 34 year olds.
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Repins make up more than 80 percent of all pins on Pinterest.
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Women make up 80 percent of Pinterest users.
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Food is the most popular category on Pinterest. Fifty-seven percent of Pinterest users pin, like or comment on food content.
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By the end of 2012, Google+ was expected to have 400 million users.
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Google's +1 button gets clicked 5 billion times each day.
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Men make up 68 percent of Google+ users.
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Eight percent of Americans have a Google+ page.
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The average Google+ user spends 12 minutes a day on the social network.