LinkedIn Stats and Nostalgia 02---14

If you are an old timer like me on social media and a social media bluff especially a LinkedIn hyper member like me, you will enjoy this nostalgia from past (2013). 

When you talk of LinkedIn, it is always with respect and or even reverence you talk about it. When I joined LinkedIn in 2008, it was just around 33 million members and Indian count around 10% approximately 3 million members. 

That was the time When Jeff Weiner took over as the CEO.  The transformation in LinkedIn in all too familiar and wellknown to merit a repetition here. The next evolution happened in june 2020, when Jeff Weiner evolveved from his position  of CEO to Executive Chairman. 

Ryan Roslansky, who took over in June 20200, has maintained seamless transition. The seven months period from then doesn't give you an of any leadership change at LinkedIn. 

LinkedIn growth from 2008 to the present gives me a feeling of a child growing up in my presence. The rearing process of LinkedIn from 2008 gives a feeling of joy and possessiveness , the same, that I would attach to my children.

I can proudly say that, I learned social media posting etiquettes and disciplines at LinkedIn.

Please go through the interesting infographics.

Thank you.

The infographic below is from nostalgic collection from 2013.

The infographic below is the latest.

LINKEDIN USERS BY COUNTRY AND STATISTICS (2021)

Posted August 13th, 2020

Founded in 2003 Linkedin has over 706 million members, 50 million listed companies and is available in 24 languages with members in 200 countries. 43 percent of LinkedIn users are female and 57 percent are male. It is the largest professional network.

Top 45 countries by number of Linkedin members

Rank	Country	Members
1	United States	171,000,000+
2	India	69,000,000+
3	China	51,000,000+
4	Brazil	45,000,000+
5	United Kingdom	29,000,000+
6	France	20,000,000+
7	Canada	17,000,000+
8	Indonesia	16,000,000+
9	Mexico	15,000,000+
10	Italy	14,000,000+
11	Spain	13,000,000+
12	Australia	11,000,000+
13	Germany	10,400,000+
14	Turkey	9,000,000+
15	Netherlands	8,330,000+
16	The Philippines	8,000,000+
17	Colombia	8,000,000+
18	Argentina	7,260,000+
19	South Africa	7,000,000+
20	Chile	5,000,000+
21	Malaysia	4,470,000+
22	Nigeria	3,910,000+
23	UAE	3,710,000+
24	Egypt	3,550,000+
25	Belgium	3,500,000+
26	Sweden	3,430,000+
27	Saudia Arabia	3,360,000+
28	Poland	3,170,000+
29	Portugal	2,910,000+
30	Switzerland	2,630,000+
31	South Korea	2,370,000+
32	Denmark	2,300,000+
33	Romania	2,280,000+
34	Singapore	2,260,000+
35	Japan	2,140,000+
36	Taiwan	2,050,000+
37	Ireland	1,740,000+
38	Kenya	1,740,000+
39	New Zealand	1,700,000+
40	Israel	1,670,000+
41	Norway	1,660,000+
42	Hong Kong	1,530,000+
43	Czech Republic	1,330,000+
44	Austria	1,160,000+
45	Finland	1,030,000+

User data was calculated using Linkedin search data and Linkedin official resources on about page

Summary of Linked Statistics 2020

1. Over 706 million total members worldwide
2. Over 72% of total members are outside of the United States.
3. 55 job applications submitted every second
4. 7 seconds between every Linkedin hire
5. 50 million companies are listed on Linkedin
6. 189 million+ members in North America
7. 160 million+ members in Europe
8. 190 million+ members in Asia
9. 104 million+ members in Latin America
10. 61 million+ members in the Middle East and Africa
11. 20 million open jobs listed
12. 90k schools listed
13. Linkedin has over 33 offices and 16,000 employees
14. Over 11 million+ C-level exec members globally
15. 5.4 million+ small business owners members globally
16. IT decision-makers 6.6 million+ members globally

The search trend for Linkedin has more than doubled over the past 10 years according to Google trends.

Linkedin Financials and Info

1. Microsoft paid 26.2 Billion at $196 per share for Linkedin in June 2016.

2. Linkedin has had a 20% year over year growth in FY20.

3. Linkedin generated over 6.7 billion dollars in revenue in 2019

4. Linkedin has tiered pricing for its plans

• Premium Career $29.99 minimum per month
• Premium Business $47.99 minimum per month
• Sales Navigator $64.99 minimum per month
• Recruiter Lite $99.95 minimum per month

Linkedin Demographic Statistics

1. More than 72% of Linkedin users are from outside the United States.

Outside US Linkedin Members

72%

2. Over 46 million students and recent graduates are on Linkedin

3. According to Statistica, 43% of Linkedin users are female and 57% are male

4. A breakdown of Internet users in the United States who use LinkedIn based on age by Statistica

• 15-25 years old: 16%
• 26-35 years old: 27%
• 36-45 years old: 34%
• 46-55 years old: 37%
• 56+ years old: 29%

5. 29% of males online and 24% of females online use Linkedin according to the Pew research center.

6. 51% of college graduates use Linkedin which is an increase from previous years.

7. Recent data suggests 11% of people 65 or older use Linkedin

Linkedin Content Marketing Statistics and Info

1. There are currently over 50 million companies listed on Linkedin making it a great source for generating leads.

2. Over 92% of B2B marketers use LinkedIn to distribute content making it a top source for lead generation.

3. Linkedin has 15x more content impressions than job postings 57% of those are mobile making it a digital marketing powerhouse.

4. Linkedin has 9 billion content impressions and over 280 billion feed views annually in its userbase. This makes it a key for creating brand awareness for most companies.

5. Content shared across LinkedIn was up nearly 50% year-over-year in June 2020. Companies can also share content directly from their company page on Linkedin.

6. Linkedin had a 4X Year-over-year increase in Learning hours watched in June 2020 with an 89% increase in live streams sinch March 2020 making it a great source for lead generation.

7. 46% of social media traffic to your company site comes from LinkedIn.

8. 80% of B2B marketing leads from social media come through LinkedIn.

9. Linkedin has over 61 million senior-level opinion leaders and 40 Million in decision making positions making it a top spot for generating leads.

10. More than 1 million people are publishing articles on Linkedin as influencers creating quality content.

11. Article titles between 40-49 characters long perform best according to Okdork who analyzed 3000 blog posts

12. Having 8 images in your post is correlated with the most likes, views, shares, and comments.

13. How-to articles and list posts tend to perform the best according to Okdork they also make a point to avoiding creating question posts.

14. 2,000 words plus long-form content performs the best on Linkedin.

15. Content for articles should be written at an 11th grade level with a neutral tone.

16. Thursday is the best day of the week to post your article for the maximum number of views.

17. LinkedIn has stated that page updates which include links may see up to a 45% higher follower engagement compared to updates without links.

18. Members of Linkedin are 20x more likely to share a video on LinkedIn than any other post type

19. A Hubspot study reveals LinkedIn generates close to 3 times more conversions than Facebook or Twitter at 277%.

Linkedin Usage Statistics

1. 99.62% of Linkedin traffic is organic according to Similar web

2. More than 90% of recruiters use Linkedin weekly.

3. Linkedin internal research shows having a profile picture on your personal Linkedin page increases views 14x over profiles with no picture.

4. Over 2 Million small businesses use Linkedin to hire employees

5. Linkedin Traffic by source

• 71.29% is direct traffic
• 22.80% is from search
• 2.51% is from email
• 2.11% is from referral sites
• 1.18% is from social
• 0.10% is from display advertising

Source: Similar Web

6. According to Alexa, LinkedIn users spend an average of 10:35 minutes on the site each day with 8.46 Daily Pageviews per visit, and it ranks #58 in global internet traffic and engagement.

7. Data from Ahrefs shows Linkedin has 19,868,318,606 backlinks and 11,458,407 referring domains with a domain rating of 98. When creating a marketing strategy Linkedin should be near the top of the list.

8. Moz database shows that Linkedin ranks for over 15.7 million keywords in Google. Making it a top destination for marketers creating business-related quality content.

Linkedin Connection Statistics

According to Linkedin’s social media manager guide employees on average have 10 times the connections as their company has followers on LinkedIn.

Data from Linkedin shows the following most connected countries, industries, and job functions by an average number of connections.

The top 5 most connected countries are:

• UAE with 211 average connections
• The Netherlands with 188 average connections
• Singapore with 152 average connections
• The United Kingdom with 144 average connections
• Denmark with 143 average connections

Top 5 most connected industries are:

• Staffing and recruiting with 702 average connections
• Venture capital and private equity with 423 average connections
• Human resources with 380 average connections
• Management consulting with 304 average connections
• Online media with 303 average connections

Top 5 most connected job functions are:

• Human resources with 415 average connections
• Product management with 324 average connections
• Business development with 283 average connections
• Marketing with 272 average connections
• Consulting with 244 average connections

Linkedin Popularity Compared to Other Social Networks

Recent data shows the following percentages of adults who use social media while Linkedin is the top site in the business world it still lags behind other social media platforms.

• Youtube at 73%
• Facebook at 69%
• Instagram at 37%
• Pinterest at 28%
• Linkedin at 27%
• Twitter at 22%

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Additional data shows the demographics usage between Linkedin, Facebook, and Instagram. Linkedin is used slightly more by men worldwide than women though the gap is small.

Members in the range of 30-49 years of age are the largest demographic that use Linkedin.

% of U.S. adults who use each social media platform	Facebook	Instagram	Linkedin
Total	69%	37%	27%
Men	63%	31%	29%
Women	75%	43%	24%
Ages 18-29	79%	67%	28%
30-49	79%	47%	37%
50-64	68%	23%	24%
65+	46%	8%	11%
White	70%	33%	28%
Black	70%	40%	24%
Hispanic	69%	51%	16%
High school or less	61%	33%	9%
Some college	75%	37%	26%
College graduate	74%	43%	51%
Urban	73%	46%	33%
Suburban	69%	35%	30%
Rural	66%	21%	10%

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Linkedin vs Xing

Xing has more than 18 million members which is much smaller than Linkedin’s userbase of 706 million. However, Xing’s impact on the European market more prominent. Xing has over 18 million users in the DACH (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) area while LinkedIn currently has only 15 million.

Linkedin continues to see year over year user growth and with no strong competitors insight, it will continue that trend for years to come.

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