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Top Five Stats From Mary Meeker's 2015 Internet Trends Report

Mary Meeker's 2015 Internet Trends Report is out. Here are the top five stats we spotted in the report -

1. Advertising dollars will flow into mobile more and more. Percentage of Total Media Time Spent On Mobile - 24 Percent, but Percentage of Total Advertising Spend On Mobile - only 8 Percent. Bonus stat - 75 Percent of Facebook Video is watched on Mobile devices

2. If you want to get in on the ground floor, drones could be the thing - Consumer drones estimated to be shipped in 2015 - 4.3 Million, Revenue - 1.7 Billion

3. This explains the whole jobs thing - World Trade is now 25 Percent of World GDP. Since 2000 Population Grew 2.4X faster than jobs. 1948-2000 Jobs grew 1.7X faster than population (USA)

4. A trend you cannot miss - Source of Healthcare insurance moving away from Employers - 54 percent Vs 64 Percent in 1999

5. Here is one that surprised us -50 Percent of Americans receive some form of Government Benefit

So why is everyone talking about India these days? 'Emerging' Stat: Big Internet Markets - China #1 in sheer mass, India #1 in new user additions. 65 Percent of India's Internet Traffic is on mobile. 41 Percent of India's E-Commerce is on mobile. That explains the app-only moves.

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