10 statistics on How Linkedin struck gold and disrupted the hiring industry

Linkedin was launched on 5th May, 2003 by Reid Hoffman and 5 team members. Click here to see complete linkedin stats

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1. Linkedin users (%)  with more than 500 connections:                           41
2.  LinkedIn  membership after one year of operations :               4,500 
3. Number of Languages which Linkedin Supports:                           24 
4. Number of Employees which works at Linkedin :                      7,600 
5. Total number of LinkedIn users :                                                313,000,000 
6. Number of monthly unique visitors to LinkedIn:                     87,000,000
7.  Professional  hired via  ads on  LinkedIn:                                   35,522,000 
8.  interviews  received from Linkedin :                                           122,070,000
9. Number of  linkedin account is created   seconds:                                1
10. Number of full time employees in Linkedin:                                    7600 
11. Cost of  Linkedin stock  per share at its IPO debut :                          $45 
12. Cost of Linkedin Share after the first day of trading :                        $94 (109%
13. Linkedin  revenues from non US Countries in percentage                30%
14. Percentage of Linkedin Subscribers who are paid members:           16%
15. The increase in percentage of Linkedin company created pages:              33%

source :Forbes/wiki/linkedin annual report