12 Interesting and Business-Leveraging Facts About Tumblr
I feel like Tumblr is one of the most overlooked social networks as far as businesses marketing efforts go. Despite being viewed mostly as a blog, Tumblr is often used differently than traditional blogging sites. If I were to describe Tumblr in terms of other sites, I would say it is most like a mix of Twitter and Wordpress. But why should you even concern yourself with Tumblr? I've compiled twelve interesting facts that might make you give the social blogging site a second look.
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Tumblr receives over 17 Billion pages views a month.
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If you dial 1-866-584-6757, you can leave an audio post for your followers.
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The majority of Tumblr users, 36%, are aged 18-34, a coveted market for most companies.
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Tumblr has over 100 million blogs, and only 167 employees.
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There's almost an equal split between the sexes on Tumblr - 51% male, 49% female.
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Furby, that creepy 1990's doll, has a tumblr page.
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40% of users visit Tumblr between 1 and 30 times a month.
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Tumblr paired up with Humans of New York to raise money for Hurricane Sandy relief.
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The name Tumblr is derived from "Tumblelogs", which were hand coded multimedia blogs.
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In an interview with inc.com, David Karp (Tumblr's founder) admitted, "Being on computers all the time makes me feel gross."
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Pressing J while looking at a Tumblr blog or home feed will scroll up on the page, pressing K will scroll down. This is helpful considering a lot of the Tumblrs feature infinite scrolling.
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The company's tagline is "Follow the World's Creators".
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There are 44.6 Billion blog posts on Tumblr.
Do these facts surprise you? Do you think Tumblr will see more marketing efforts from businesses in the future?
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