Social Stereotypes: You Are What You Post [Infographic]

In a world where social media has become second nature to most of us, it’s safe to say that what you share online defines you, or the ‘online’ you at least. And it’s not just the content that might define you, your favorite social site might put you into a clique you never thought you were a part of. Let’s take a look at some of the top social media sites and how, just like cliques in high school, social sites can have their stereotypes as well.

Facebook is the reigning king of social networking today, just like a quarterback in high school. In fact, 48% of people say this site is how they find out their news. The option of linking other social networking profiles, such as Pinterest and Instagram, make it easy to post everything directly to your Facebook. So, when you’re posting your filtered photos on Instagram or pinning the latest recipe, you have the option of it showing up on your Facebook profile page. With over 901 million people currently on Facebook, it’s no wonder that 52% of the students who have a profile have reported being cyber-bullied too.

So, what exactly is Instagram? Instagram is an app dedicated to the photos you take and putting a cool filter on them to make your photo visually appealing. The application has an epidemic of girls taking self-pictures in their underwear. Like Twitter, Instagram allows you to hashtag your photos for others to find them with ease. There are over 36 million pictures with the tag “#ME” and over 642,173 pictures are tagged with “DUCKFACE”. Instagram has been labeled the hussy of the social media high school yearbook.

YouTube, the video version of Instagram, is dedicated to videos instead of photos. You can find comedy, drama, action, romance, and pretty much anything you’re aching for in the cinematic department, with the exception of nudity. With the popularity of YouTube, partners will only make in the range of $2.5 to $5 per 1,000 video review and YouTube will only pay you if your video makes $100. If YouTube were in highschool, it would undoubtedly be the theater guy.

With all the popular social networking sites, poor ole Myspace has been put on the backburner, just like a band geek. Although Myspace is a thing of the past today, it still has a music catalog of more than 42 million songs. However, between January and February 2011, unique users to myspace declined by 14.4%.

So what social media clique do you fit into? Check out the infographic below presented by Wix to find out.