fbpx
Social Media day

Can you believe there is a whole day dedicated to Social Media? It has completely revolutionised how we communicate in the world today.

Through multiple social platforms, we’re able to connect with friends, make new friends, facilitate business, and grow our networks on a global scale. When you think about it, social media is incredible. So it does deserve its own day!

Social media has revolutionized how we talk to each other around the world. That seems deserving of a day of recognition, doesn’t it?

Life sometimes gives us a break, and a small window to stop and reflect back on our lives. Have you ever found yourself looking at your Social Media photos from the past?

To celebrate World Social Media Day 2022 let’s take a look back at some of our favourite posts: #throwbackthursday

@ruralwifi

And the WINNING RUNNER-UP is… Rural WiFi.#BestCustomerService BonkersAwardsIt’s a fantastic achievement and an honour to be recognised by Bonke

♬ original sound – ruralwifi
@ruralwifi

Happy 111th International Women’s Day, “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. #IWD2022 #breakthebias

♬ Trampoline – SHAED

Predicting the future is impossible, and looking back at the past can shock and inspire. The Super Computer was invented in the 1940s, followed by the Desktop computer, the Internet and Social networks…nobody could have predicted the explosion of Social Media.

Whether you love it or hate it, Social Media is one of the most advanced technological marvels of our time. A platform for free speech, to learn, meet, communicate, comment and share ideas.

In today’s world, a good internet connection is as vital as the air we breathe, just look at the staggering stats below!!!

The Stats 🙈

Billions of people use social media around the world, let’s take a look at exactly what’s going happening on social media.


3.5 billion – The number of people using social media.
3 hours – Time spent by your average person each day on social media
500 million – The number of people using Instagram Stories each day.
60 billion – the amount of WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger messages are sent each day.
270 million – The estimated number of fake Facebook profiles.
300 hours – Video footage that is uploaded to YouTube every minute.
95 million – photos are uploaded to Instagram each day.
500 million tweets are sent each day — that’s 6,000 tweets every second.
Pizza is the most Instagrammed food followed by sushi and steak!

Social Media Networks Timeline – How many have you used?

Do you ever wonder when was your favourite social media platform launched? Can you believe Facebook is around since 2004?


1997 – Sixdegrees (first social media platform)
2002 – Friendster
2003 – LinkedIn
2004 – MySpace and Facebook
2005 – YouTube and Bebo
2006 – Twitter
2009 – Whatsapp
2010 – Instagram and Viber
2011 – Snapchat and VSCO
2016 – TikTok
2022 – BeReal

Rural WiFi, connecting rural Ireland, to the future, and beyond.

Social media – can be seen as the saviour of the world or the devil that will bring an end to it!

What do you think?

Other Blog Posts:

customer Testimonials

client img

Aoibhínn

12 September

Very easy company to deal with, we live in an area with no service and I tried a lot of different companies and no one could get WiFi to our area. I got my WiFi this week and it’s working perfectly, we are delighted with it.

client img

Kate

23 September 2022

Really lovely company to deal with. Dylan in particular was very helpful and accommodating!! Great service & WIFI.

client img

David

5 September 2022

I have found Rural Wifi to be very responsive and they offer a great service. Unlike other providers you can get through to them very quickly and you get to talk to a helpful person!

awards & Certificates

Comsconsult Technologies Ltd T/A Rural WiFi © 2015.