Hey Hubzers,

Since we will all be doing our Christmas shopping pretty soon, I think it’s time for a social media check-up.

Things have changed since 2010 (surprise, surprise), the social media gods have blessed us with Google+, the Facebook Timeline, LinkedIn Company status updates and Facebook iPad App.

The longer the BIG Four: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+, are at each other’s throats, the better  things get for us users. They are all stealing and learning from each other, competing for our undivided attention; Google+ is using hashtags now for crying-out-loud.

If the world doesn’t end in 2012 we may even see Facebook reach 1 billion users.

FYI Two things have achieved this level of world class popularity: Google Earth, with over 1 billion downloads and there are over 1 billion Tweets a day.

Social Media Check-Up

• Google+ cost 585 million to build and earns $0.00 in revenue
• LinkedIn users have 82% confidence in the information shared on LinkedIn
• Over 460,000 new Twitter accounts are created every single day
• The average Facebooker is connected to 80 pages ranging from events to groups to fanpages

Comment and Let us know if you’ve found any obscure social networks that you think could be the next big thing in 2012. Check-out this infographic below, “Current State of Social Media– The BIG Four” for a BIG picture of social media today:

[via One Lily]