This isn't very surprising that Pew Research Center is reporting that 46% of adults now own a smartphone. The statistic would have been more surprising just a few years ago. With the Apple and Android wars, smartphone saturation has increased drastically over the past few years. From May 2011 till February 2012 there was a 11% increase in smartphone purchases in the US by Adults.

Over 48 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute. YouTube is a very busy site being views at approximately 3 Billion people a day. This infographic shows just how fast the YouTube site has grown. Back in 2007 the site only had about 8 hours of video uploaded every minute but in just4 years multiplied that by six. Check out more of the statistics inside.

I know there are many different articles out there that cover WordPress plugins but I felt the need to create one based on my own experiences. I have compiled a list of the top 5 most useful WordPress plugins that I actively use on my sites.