There’s lots and lots (and lots) of user-generated content such as blogs, Wikis, videos and personal Web sites being consumed and created these days but how big are both communities?
According to eMarketer, the number of user-generated content users will climb from 128-million in 2006 to 147.5-million in 2007 and 253.6-million by 2011.
Meanwhile, the number of content creators will jump from 117.9-million 2006 to 136.5-milllion in 2007 to 237.7-million by 2011.
In an interview with eMarketer, John Horrigan of the Pew Internet & American Life Project said the Web “shifting now to user-generated content; it shows people engaging with the Internet in a number of different ways in their lives. It shows that people are pretty interested in using the technology to put something of themselves on the Internet, not just pull down information from the Internet.”
Here’s a couple of charts for those who believe a picture tells a 1,000 words:
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