Newsweek magazine, in its July 20, 2010 issue, asked the age-old question, “Exactly how much are the times a-changin’?”
Here are some of the numbers they reported:
Active Blogs
2000: 12,000
2010: 141 Million
Daily Google Searches
2000: 100 Million
2010: 2 Billion
Reality-TV Shows
2000: 4
2010: 320
Books Published
2000: 282,242
2010: 1,052,803
Daily Letters Mailed
2000: 207.88 Billion
2010: 175.67 Billion
Daily E-Mails
2000: 12 Billion
2010: 247 Billion
Text Messages
2000: 400,000
2010: 4.5 Billion
Time Spent Online
2000: 2.7 Hrs./Wk.
2010: 18 Hrs./Wk.
CD Sales Revenue
2000: $943 Million
2010: $427.9 Million
Itunes Downloads
2000: 0
2010: 10 Billion