The percentage of people in the U.S. who use social media.
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72%
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1 BILLION
The number of hours of YouTube content people watch every day.
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$92.9 BILLION
Net worth of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, the world’s most-used social media site.
THINK ABOUT IT: Calculate how many hours you spend on social media each day. How do you think this compares with other social media users?
SOURCES: FORBES, PEW RESEARCH CENTER, STATISTA
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