Interesting Reading: Mary Meeker on Internet Trends

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Morgan Stanley's Internet queen Mary Meeker had her latest Internet Trends report here[pdf].

Key takeaways:

  • YouTube + Facebook page views > Google + Yahoo page views
  • 6/10 top internet sites are social (youtube, live.com, facebook, hi5, wikipedia, orkut); none were on the list in 2005
  • 16% of total time online is spent on “social connections,” up from 0% three years ago
  • YouTube has 258 million users, 50% visit weekly or more
  • >50% of Facebook users log in daily, 95% of Facebook users have used at least one third party application
  • Skype revenue is $1.67/user/year, up 9% Y/Y
  • 14 million photos uploaded daily on Facebook
  • Google + Yahoo = 61% of U.S. Online Ad Revenue
  • Google: $4.4b ad revenue in Q4, paid out $1.4 billion to partners
  • Yahoo: $1.6 billion in ad revenue in Q4, paid out $429 million to partners