Updating a status, liking a picture, or writing a new tweet. Most of us do these on social media platforms on a daily basis. All these activities generate data behind-the-scenes.

Have you ever wondered how much data is created on your favorite social sites? Now you can check it out by using the Social Media in Real Time counter created by Coupofy.

Did you know:

• Posts on Facebook are liked at a staggering rate of over a million each minute
• Twitter users generate just about 350,000 tweets each 60 second
• YouTube collects 300 hours of video from its users every minute

With billions of people already connected online and growing, with a significant portion using social media, the amount of data that stands to be collected in the future will truly be outstanding.

Scroll down to see the stats updated in real-time.