5 Amazing Foursquare Stats [Infographic] Last week, Foursquare published a cool new infographic to announce a major milestone for the location-based social network: 10 million users! Based in New York, Foursquare has offered its check-in service since March 2009 and, in addition to 10 million users, has some pretty amazing stats to share. Below are some of our favorites, but the infographic boasts several more: 10 million people currently use Foursquare 3 million check-ins occur each day 400,000 businesses use Foursquare as a marketing tool 78,387 venue mayors are ousted each day 358 million check-ins have occurred outside the United States Check out the infographic below (missing animation) or click on over to the Foursquare blog to view the animated version (cool!).
With a growing community of users, will you consider taking advantage of Foursquare for your business ? If you've tried using Foursquare for business, what have you learned? Want to grade your Foursquare mojo? Foursquare Surpasses 10 Million Users [INFOGRAPHIC] Foursquare hit a big milestone over the weekend: It surpassed the 10 million user mark, becoming the first location-based social network to do so.
The startup, which launched in March 2009, posted the following infographic on its blog to celebrate the announcement Monday: The infographic highlights, among other things: Accelerated growth over time: It took the startup five months to get its first 100,000 users and roughly seven weeks to get its last million.Its growing global reach: 358 million checkins have been made outside of the U.S.The most popular checkin locations in the U.S.: Old Navy, Bank of America, 7-Eleven, Home Depot and Target all top the list.A few fun facts: New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is also the Foursquare mayor of City Hall in NYC, and nearly 80,000 Foursquare mayors are ousted each day.
+ The Influence of Foursquare. Mar 212011 Foursquare is a location-based social network that motivates its users to get out and explore a city using three basic concepts – loyalty, encouragement and discovery. In January of 2011, Foursquare stated on its blog that the company grew 3,400%. That's not up to Facebook's numbers, but the platform has made a place for itself in the social media world and has a dedicated base of users around the globe - Foursquare is reportedly nearing 7 million users.
Now that it has been around for a while, we were curious to discover what influences users to participate. Foursquare is best known for its badges, which users get when they check-in to certain places. Users can also gain the title of "Mayor" when they've been to a place more than anyone else using Foursquare. Other elements that play into Foursquare's game dynamics include special offers and tips. We set out to discover which elements are most influential to Foursquare users. Related Posts: