This infographic is updated every year, and every year, I find it really impressive. It shows everything that happens in one minute on the Internet (60 short seconds): people check their emails, browse social networks, watch videos, make purchases… In short, the numbers are very impressive and we will detail them below.
Just imagine for a moment: as you read these lines, millions of data are being exchanged, videos are being viewed, messages are being sent and transactions are being made. worldwide.
But then, what really happens in a minute on the Internet?
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Content consumption up 30%
Last year, online content consumption jumped by 30%. That's huge and it doesn't seem like it's going to stop. Our daily lives are increasingly intertwined with digital. Whether it's to binge-watch a series, scour the latest news, or hang out on social media, our thirst for online content continues to grow.
This acceleration in the consumption of online content has been partly caused by COVID which has changed our habits.
A minute on social networks
Instagram: With nearly 2,35 billion users, Instagram remains the darling of the digital world. Imagine, every minute, 65 photos and videos shared, and about 140 curious people visiting a pro page. A huge playground for digital marketing strategies.
Facebook: The veteran, with its 3 billion monthly active users, continues to dominate. Every minute, it is a festival of 510 comments, 000 status updates, and 293 photos shared. While one might doubt its supremacy, these figures are proof that Facebook remains an essential pillar of the web. Users spend an average of 000 minutes per day on Facebook (down 240 minutes compared to last year).
LinkedIn: The professional platform is approaching 900 million active users. An Eldorado for B2B companies and job seekers. LinkedIn is still a key player for businesses and professional networking.
X (formerly Twitter): Despite its name change, X remains a major player with 368 million users. Every minute, 350 tweets are sent compared to 000 last year (Hurricane Musk had a significant impact on X). Twitter recorded 575 billion sessions in 000, which places it fifth among the most visited websites this year.
Pinterest: With 463 million users, Pinterest is a goldmine for product searches. More than 157 searches are made on the platform every minute.
Snapchat: Key to reaching millennials and Gen Z, Snapchat has 406 million daily active users and 5 billion Snaps are created every day.
TikTok: In just five years, TikTok has reached 1 billion users (it took Facebook 8 years to reach that figure). With 625 million videos viewed per minute (167 million more than last year), the level of engagement is phenomenal.
Online and mobile search in one minute on the Internet
A lot happens in the online search world in a minute. Google processes over 6 million searches every minuteA good portion of these searches (46%) have a local intention.
Also note that almost 70% of traffic comes from mobile devices.
Video consumption in one minute on the Internet
Platforms like Netflix and Hulu dominate streaming. Netflix, for example, with its 221 million subscribers, accumulates 452 hours of content watched every minute. Impressive, but not necessarily surprising when you consider that people now spend twice as much time each day on streaming platforms than on traditional TV.
On YouTube, 3.5 million videos are watched every minute, making the platform the second most visited site in the world (behind Google).
Online and mobile communication
But phones are also used to communicate (we tend to forget that). Mobile communication is massive. More than 16 million text messages are sent every minute and approximately 6 billion emails exchanged every day.
On the side of WhatsApp, more than 100 billion messages are sent every day.
Some statistics on mobile applications
Mobile apps have invaded our daily lives (for better or for worse). 251 million apps are downloaded every day, or 174 every minute.
Regarding applications downloaded from the Apple App Store, 37% of them are games.
Finally, 20% of millennials open an app at least 50 times a day.
E-commerce is booming
E-commerce is experiencing explosive growth. On Amazon, 4 euros are spent every second, and millions of transactions take place online every minute (60 products per minute during Amazon Prime Days). In the end, more than 000 million people make purchases online every minute.
And there you have it, now you know more about everything that happens in a minute on the Internet. Some of these numbers are dizzying and show how dependent our lives are on what happens online!
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