The world of social media is growing very very quickly and rapidly gaining massive power and reach.

Here is a short clip that puts it all into perspective, a perspective that is relevant but also a reflection of the past. This clip was posted July 2009. Since then Facebook alone hit an enormous milestone of 500 million users.

hit the read more to see updated statistics.

Since posting this clip we have found an updated version that is still well out of date. Change occurs very rapidly in this environment, so even these statistcs will be well out of date by now.