10 interesting statistics on howTumblr is set to end Facebook domination

10 interesting and mind boggling statistics on how  Tumblr is giving Facebook the jitters

According to a recent brand measuring research company Tumblr was the only network to occupy nearly as much of its users’ time as Facebook (respectively, 50.6 vs. 51 minutes daily) for individuals between the ages of 18 and 29.

lesser known facts on Tumble :Tumblr Statistics Data ( This data is updated till July 1st,2015

Very few of us know that  Tumblr's , founder and CEO  David Karp who is worth more than $300m have not completed his high school. Karp left Bronx Science high school when he was 19..

1. Tumblr  was bough over by Yahoo for $1.1billion in May,2013
2. Total Blogs hosted by Tumblr :243.3
3. Total number of Tumblr users  :425,000,000
4. Total number of Tumblr blogs  :219,000,000 
5. Annual Tumblr Revenue           :$85,000,000 
6. New Sign ups in Tumblr  daily  :120,000 
7. Total number of Tumblr posts until now : 101,000,000,000
8.  Number of average monthly Tumblr visitors       :199,100,000
9. Tumblr’s active user base in the last six months( jan 2015 to july ) grew by 120 percent Facebook in contrast grew by 1%( source :)
10. Tumblr's growth in mobile apps downloads  during jan-july,2015 : 22%
11. Teens using  Tumblr on their mobile device    : 28 %
12. Average length of a Tumblr  user  :            14 minutes 
13. 35% users who visit Tumblr regularly has an annual  income of  atleast $35,00 
14. In 2011  content sharing from Tumblr to other sites  increased by 1299%:
15.  Tumblr visitors under who is between 21-35 : 66% 

research data : techrunch/guardian/wiki