60 Seconds of Internet

Ever wondered what happens on the internet every 60 seconds? You've probably read a few posts, browsed a couple of sites, and made a few searches... But globally, things get a lot "scarier".

Every 60 seconds:

• Search engine Google serves more that 694,445 queries
• 6,600+ pictures are uploaded to Flickr
• 600 videos are uploaded to YouTube, amounting to 25+ hours of content
• 695,000 status updates, 79,364 wall posts and 510,040 comments are published on social networking site Facebook
• 70 new domains are registered
• 168,000,000+ emails are sent
• 320 new accounts and 98,000 tweets are generated on social networking site Twitter
• iPhone applications are downloaded more than 13,000 times
• 20,000 new posts are published on micro-blogging platform Tumblr
• Popular web browser FireFox is downloaded more than 1,700 times
• Popular blogging platform WordPress is downloaded more than 50 times
• WordPress Plugins are downloaded more than 125 times
• 100 accounts are created on professional networking site LinkedIn
• 40 new questions are asked on YahooAnswers.com
• 100+ questions are asked on Answers.com
• 1 new article is published on Associated Content, the world’s largest source of community-created content
• 1 new definition is added on UrbanDictionary.com
• 1,200+ new ads are created on Craigslist
• 370,000+ minutes of voice calls done by Skype users
• 13,000+ hours of music streaming is done by personalized Internet radio provider Pandora
• 1,600+ reads are made on Scribd, the largest social reading publishing company

Although some numbers may be off, you get the point... :)


[via Technolog]