Running With My Eyes Closed

Today, a little lesson in the history and geography of the social web via infographics.

Let’s start with history:

And now some geography.

First, who’s using which social network where:

Now, what social networking tools are being used around the world, which I find pretty interesting.  Everyone uploads photos, but look at the difference between blogging (orange) in Canada versus China.  Managing a social networking profile (turquoise) is the dominant activity in many countries, but not in Japan or China or South Korea.  You can learn quite a lot by studying this graphic.

For bonus marks, a little gender studies: