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One in five couples meet online and the same number blame Facebook for their divorces, according to this new video on the power of social networking.

Jun 30th 2011, 4:27 PM 1,640 Views 4 Comments

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SOCIAL MEDIA NOW generates more web traffic than pornography and causes one in five divorces, according to a new video on the power of online networking.

The clip, the latest in a series compiled by Socialnomics author Eric Qualman, charts the rise of social websites through facts and numbers. You can watch the clip below – but we’ve picked out some of our highlights:

One in five couples now meet online, with the figure rising to three in five for gay couples.
One in five divorces are blamed on Facebook – which is now bigger than Google in US traffic numbers.
If Facebook were a country, it would be the world’s third largest.
Lady GaGa, Justin Bieber and Britney Spears have more Twitter followers than the entire populations of Sweden, Israel, Greece, Chile, North Korea and Australia.
Traditional email is falling out of favour, with some universities no longer giving out email accounts.

Video: The Social Media Revolution

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Watch: How social media conquered the world - in four minutes