Right Now, What is happening on the internet?

       Let's count down 60 seconds and then continue to read. Right now you are reading this means either you didn't count down 60 seconds or you did but either way, that 60 seconds you just count is more than what you can imagine. Why? Every second there are:

• 1000 barrels of petroleum are used worldwide
• 4 babies are born worldwide
• 9000 animals are slaughtered
• 2 people died of diseases
• the amount of  trade made worldwide is about 97 million USD
• 232 computers have become infected by malware
• 2.6 million CDs, containing 1,820 TB of data are created
• 450 copies of Windows 7 sold
• 12 websites have been hacked after a 416 attempts
• 950 purchases on eBay, with 180 of them coming via a mobile platform
• $219,000 of total payments transactions through PayPal with $10,000 being from mobile
• A total of 11 millions conversations taking place through various instant messaging platforms
• 2 million internet users watched content not suitable for the general audience
• $75,000 added to Google revenues
• 2,100 check ins through the Foursquare service
• 2,500 ink cartridges sold for various printers
• 4,000 USB devices sold
• A staggering 38 tons of e-waste generated
• 18 Amazon Kindle Fires sold
• 11 Xbox 360 consoles sold
• 81 Apple iPads and 925 iPhones sold
• 103 Blackberry devices sold
• 1,400 discs are rented on line using redbox
• 6,600 pictures are uploaded on Flickr
• 600 videos are uploaded on YouTube videos, creating another 25+ hours of content
• 695,000 status updates, 79,364 wall posts and 510,040 comments are published on Facebook
• 70 new domains are registered
• 168,000,000 emails are sent
• 320 new accounts and 98,000 tweets are generated on Twitter
• 20,000 new posts are published on micro-blogging platform Tumblr
• The browser FireFox is downloaded more than 1,700 times
• The blogging platform WordPress is downloaded more than 50 times
• WordPress Plugins are downloaded more than 125 times
• 100 accounts are created on LinkedIn
• 40 new questions are asked on Yahoo Answers
• 100 questions are asked on Answers.com
• 1 new definition is added on Urban-dictionary
• 1,200 new ads are created on Craigslist
• 370,000 minutes of Skype voice calls
• 13,000 hours of music streaming on Pandora
• 1,600 reads are made on Scribd

These are just some examples. There are enormous numbers of things going out there, more than you can imagine. Here, have a video.

Major Concepts

• One second is more than what people can imagine
• What is happening on YouTube now
• Every minutes, what is happening

Potential Strengths/Advantages

• Pictures and Facts
• Alot of Facts
• And more Interesting Pictures

Potential Problems/Limitations/Disadvantages

• Not enough facts for a bored person

Discussion Questions

• Are there any other facts?
• Who calculated all this or research all this?

Citation

"What Happens On The Internet Every Second, Minute, Hour And Day? [INFOGRAPHIC]." - AllTwitter. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Mar. 2013.