10 Fun Facts About Selfies

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I don't think you can go one whole day on any social media site without seeing at least one #selfie! It seems like everyone is taking selfies these days. It's not just the younger tweens, teens, and twenty-somethings. Even older people are snapping these solo pics and quickly uploading them to their social media platform of choice. 

My favorite one is Instagram and it's full of selfies. And yes, I admit I am guilty of taking a selfie or two a week. If you are annoyed by selfies, I'm sorry, but I don't see this photo trend going away anytime soon.

Here are 10 Fun Facts about everyone favorite solo pic:

1. In November 2013, the word "selfie" was announced as being the "word of the year" by the Oxford English Dictionary, which gave the word itself an Australian origin.

2. Men tend to search more for online tips on how to achieve the perfect selfie...really?

3. People born after 1980 will take an estimated 25,000 selfies in their lifetime!

4. We spend 54 hours a year taking selfies...that's more than 2 days!!!

5. Not all selfies are for vanity purposes. Cancer Research UK initiated a make-up free selfie campaign in March of 2014 that grossed $12.5 million!

6. It's estimated that the first selfie was taken on a rooftop in NYC in December of 1920!

7. 47% people think it's okay to take a selfie during childbirth, 30% say it's okay during sex, and 20% feel it's acceptable to take a funeral selfie! SMDH

8. In 2014 it was estimated that over 1 million selfies are taken per day! 

9. 36% of people admit to doctoring their selfie or editing it before sharing it. This includes enhancing skin tone or using a filter.

10. Most selfies are shared on Facebook!

If you have an iPhone and updated to iOS9 you'll see an entire category dedicated to your selfies in the camera app. You don't need to tag it. Your iPhone is just that good. 

Happy snapping! 



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