Social Media Quick Facts: LinkedIn

Here are some of the latest social media and social networking stats for 2011. Read similar posts on Twitter and Facebook.

• LinkedIn is older than both Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, being created on 5 May 2003.
• There are more than 70 million users worldwide.
• Members of LinkedIn come from more than 200 countries from every continent.
• LinkedIn is available in six native languages - English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
• Oracle's Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Epstein, was headhunted for the position via his LinkedIn profile.
• 80% of companies use LinkedIn as a recruitment tool
• A new member joins LinkedIn every second.
• LinkedIn receives almost 12 million unique visitors per day.
• Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are on LinkedIn.
• Recruiters account for 1-in-20 LinkedIn profiles.

Statistics from LinkedIn press centre and SysComm International.