# What was social media used for in 2011?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/12/30/what-was-social-media-used-2011/
- Published: 2011-12-30T14:43:41+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

On an average day in 2011, 250 million photos were uploaded to Facebook, 8 years
of video content were added to YouTube and 140 million tweets were sent. Clearly
social media played an increasing role in our lives this year. But what was all 
that chatter actually about?

The social networks have released how 2011 was spent on their social network. Here
are 3 of them:

 

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## ⌊Facebook Memology Social Media Year in Review 2011⌉⌊Facebook Memology Social Media Year in Review 2011⌉ 󠀁[**Facebook “Memology 2011”**](https://www.facebook.com/FacebookPages?sk=app_271705986210152)󠁿

 

![YouTube Year in Review Social Media 2011](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/
u1002366/YouTube-Year-In-Review-2011-end-of-year-social-media-review.png)

## **YouTube 󠀁[“Year in Review”](http://youtube-global.blogspot.com)󠁿 / 󠀁[“Rewind”](http://www.youtube.com/rewind)󠁿**

 

![Flickr Year in Photos 2011 Social Media](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/files/u1002366/
Flickr-Year-in-Photos-2011-social-media.png)

## **󠀁[Flickr “Year in Photos 2011”](http://www.flickr.com/photos/yahooeditorspicks/galleries/72157628436199307)󠁿**

 

 

**For 6 more Year in Reviews from social networks including Twitter, LinkedIn and
Google+ [visit Jack Ashman’s blog.](http://jackashman.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/social-media-in-2011-year-in-review)**