The social media landscape may seem complex and intangible so I have been searching the web for some useful infographics to show what is going on with social media – let’s just say that I have been inspired by other great social media blogs.

I quickly stumbled upon a lot of really impressive infographics, but I have chosen these five infographics to illustrate the diffusion of social media on a global scale as well as how social media facilitate the spreading of messages.

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1. THE WORLD MAP OF SOCIAL NETWORKS
- what networks are popular in which countries?

By Vincos Blog

2. THE SOCIAL MEDIA EFFECT
- see how content travels by networks and people and ends up ranking in Google.

By Infographicworld

3. THE JOURNEY OF A TWEET
- see how a tweet spread across the social web.

By Next Generation Online

4. WHO PARTICIPATES ONLINE
- get an overview of what activities people are doing online, divided according to age groups.

By Bloomberg Businessweek

5. GLOBAL MAP OF SOCIAL WEB INVOLVEMENT
- see a map of what activities people are doing online, in 16 different countries.

By Global Web Index

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Tags: infographics, Involvement, social media diffusion, Social Media Revolution, Social networks, social web, Twitter