What happened in social media over the past year? In 2012, everything from President Obama holding a Google Hangout to Facebook buying Instagram and going public to the Pope joining Twitter and Psy’s Gangnam Style breaking one billion views on YouTube.

The folks at The SEO Company working with NowSourcing produced a nice infographic documenting some of the many social media highlights of 2012:

Want the infographic for yourself? You’ll find it here: The State Of Social Media 2012.

Any highlights or important moments you think are missing? Share them below. And Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone!

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