Up In The Air: Facebook And Twitter Dominate In-Flight Wi-Fi Social Networking [INFOGRAPHIC]

When you consider that just a few short years ago the only ‘social networking’ you could hope for whilst flying between destinations was that awkward conversation with a complete stranger outside the restroom, it’s nothing short of a miracle that Twitter, Facebook and everything else on the internet is now just a click away.

While you’re sitting on a chair. In an airplane. In the sky.

This new infographic from Gogo, the in-flight Wi-Fi provider for most of the major airlines across the USA, looks at how passengers use Wi-Fi whilst they’re up in the air.

Key takeaways:

• Facebook is the most popular in-flight social network, accounting for 61% of all traffic in the first 6 months of 2011
• This was followed by Twitter (22%) and LinkedIn (10%), with Foursquare rounding out the pack with 6% of usage (who checks in whilst in a plane? Isn’t a moving...