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Facebook vs. Twitter: A closer look at the numbers for 2010 [infographic]

By | December 20, 2010, 8:03am PST

Summary: 40% of all people on Facebook follow a brand, and 51% of those people will actually purchase a product or service from a specific brand they follow.

Here’s a nice granular breakdown comparison of Facebook vs. Twitter demographics put together by Digital Surgeons. There are lots of interesting little nuggets in here. It’s no surprise that a higher percentage of Twitter users ‘update their status’ every day than Facebook, being that updating your status is the only way to actually use Twitter. For all you businesses out there, pay attention to the fact that 40% of all people on Facebook follow a brand, and 51% of those people will actually purchase a product or service from a specific brand. My speculation is that these numbers will go up at least 50% by end of next year as companies get smarter and continue to re-prioritize how and why they do business.

Some of the fonts in this chart can be a little small for our blog layout so if you are having trouble reading some of the smaller print, the larger size original gangster version of this infographic is located here.

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Rich Harris has been a web marketer for over 10 years, with over 14 years experience in high-tech, both in the consumer and enterprise spaces.

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Rich is employed full-time with Seagate Technology, a leader in storage devices for consumer, small business, and enterprise customers. The blog posts here are solely his opinion and do not represent his employer or any other organization with which he may be affiliated.

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Rich Harris

Rich Harris has been a web marketer for over 10 years, with over 14 years experience in high-tech, both in the consumer and enterprise spaces. Currently heading up the social media effort for a large prominent high-tech company, he has a passion for people and community building coupled with a strong analytical aversion to online marketing's status quo.

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