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Mind-Blowing Stats

The One Big Idea

DoSomething.org is creating a movement of young people kicking ass on causes that matter to them. Because, let's be honest: apathy sucks.

The Impact

Check out our recent quarterly dashboard [1] 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 2012-2013

  1. 2.4 million young people took action through our campaigns [2] in 2012.
  2. We have 2,215,655 members [3] doing badass stuff to improve their communities and the world.  
  3. Our 2,113,197 mobile subscribers take action and text us all about it.
  4. 371,312 people like us on Facebook. [4]
  5. 649,238 people follow us on Twitter. [5]
  6. We gave young people $240,000 in scholarships [6] in 2012.
  7. We increased our campaign participants by 590% from 2011 to 2012.
  8. Our members collected 1,020,041 pairs of jeans for homeless youth through our Teens for Jeans  [7]campaign.
  9. Our members recycled over 1,189,761 aluminum cans through our 50 Cans [8] campaign.
  10. Our members wore and sent over 79,898 pairs of Thumb Socks to fight texting and driving through our Thumb Wars [9] campaign.
  11. 67,808 members stood up to bullying through our Bully Text campaign.

Source URL: http://www.dosomething.org/about/stats

Links:
[1] http://www.dosomething.org/our-sexy-financials
[2] http://www.dosomething.org/campaigns
[3] http://www.dosomething.org/why-become-a-member
[4] https://www.facebook.com/dosomething
[5] https://jp.twitter.com/dosomething
[6] http://www.dosomething.org/scholarships
[7] http://www.dosomething.org/teensforjeans
[8] http://www.dosomething.org/50cans
[9] http://www.dosomething.org/thumbwars