LinkedIn, a globally recognized social networking site that was build to help out companies in finding individuals with amazing skill set from the same field. This amazing site is celebrating its 10th birthday this year as it was initially launched in the year 2003.
Since the time of its launch, several multinational companies, firms and professional recruiters have signed up with it to gain access to its stunning features which eases the process of hiring or recruiting.
The below infographic shares few interesting statistics about the professional social media network including its membership growth.
In the year 2003, there were around 4,500 members and by May 2, 2013, the number has reached 225 Million.
Currently there are 26 LinkedIn offices worldwide and the content on the site is available in 19 different languages.
All members of LinkedIn in US make an average household income of $83.00 per year.
More than 2,900,000 companies have their official pages on LinkedIn.
Google, hp and IBM are few top rated companies with huge number of followers on LinkedIn.
More than half of the Fortune 100 companies make use of LinkedIn marketing solution to enhance their business.
Users on LinkedIn are two times more likely to buy the product or promote the brand that they follow.