[WATCH]: Plugged In: Boomers Online

www.aarp.org More than 60 percent of baby boomers (nearly 47 million people) are consumers of social media like blogs, forums, podcasts and online videos (That's more people than the population of Spain.) In the last year, users of social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn aged 18-29 had a growth rate of 13%. Users 50-64 years old grew 88%. Ages 65 and older grew 100% - over 7 times the rate of growth among 18-29 year olds. The fastest growing demographic on Match.com? People 50 and older, at 4 million members (which would fill over 50 Cowboy Stadiums, the site of the next Super Bowl) The largest age group on Twitter is 35-49 years old. People over 65 are adopting

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