Mind-Blowing Stats about DoSomething.org

The One Big Idea

DoSomething.org seeks to create a worldwide movement of young people kicking ass on causes they care about and making the world a better place. Because, let's be honest: apathy sucks.

The Impact

Check out our recent quarterly dashboard to read about our success. We don’t like to brag--so we let the numbers do it for us.

11 Facts About DoSomething.org in 2012

  1. 2.4 million young people took action through our campaigns in 2012.
  2. We have 1,666,208 members doing badass stuff to improve their communities and the world.  
  3. Our 977,781 mobile subscribers take action and text us all about it.
  4. 329,361 people like us on Facebook.
  5. 610,271 people follow us on Twitter.
  6. We gave young people $240,000 in scholarships in 2012.
  7. We increased our campaign signups by 590% from 2011 to 2012.
  8. Our members collected 1,020,041 pairs of jeans for homeless youth through our Teens for Jeans campaign.
  9. Our members recycled over 1.2 million aluminum cans through our 50 Cans campaign.
  10. Our members donated 316,688 books to school libraries through our Epic Book Drive.
  11. 67,808 members stood up to bullying through our Bully Text campaign.