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04-25-2017, 12:30 AM
LinkedIn hits 500 million users as it remains the quiet giant of social media
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LinkedIn just hit a big milestone — the social networking platform **w has more than 500 million users (https://blog.linkedin.com/2017/april/24/the-power-of-linkedins-500-million-community), according to a statement the company sent out on Monday.
In other words, you can **w easily peruse the resumes of half a billion people.*
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While it may **t make as much **ise as Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat, LinkedIn's got close to seven percent of the world's population tied into its network. The platform passed 400 million users (https://blog.linkedin.com/2015/10/29/400-million-members) toward the end of October 2015, and crossed the 450 million mark about nine months later (https://press.linkedin.com/site-resources/news-releases/2016/linkedin-an**unces-second-quarter-2016-results).
Hitting the 500 million member mark a**ther nine months after hitting 450 million shows the company's rate of growth has stayed pretty consistent over that time. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/24/linkedin-500-million-members/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LinkedIn just hit a big milestone — the social networking platform **w has more than 500 million users (https://blog.linkedin.com/2017/april/24/the-power-of-linkedins-500-million-community), according to a statement the company sent out on Monday.
In other words, you can **w easily peruse the resumes of half a billion people.*
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While it may **t make as much **ise as Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat, LinkedIn's got close to seven percent of the world's population tied into its network. The platform passed 400 million users (https://blog.linkedin.com/2015/10/29/400-million-members) toward the end of October 2015, and crossed the 450 million mark about nine months later (https://press.linkedin.com/site-resources/news-releases/2016/linkedin-an**unces-second-quarter-2016-results).
Hitting the 500 million member mark a**ther nine months after hitting 450 million shows the company's rate of growth has stayed pretty consistent over that time. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/24/linkedin-500-million-members/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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