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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 [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

  1. 2.4 million young people took action through our campaigns [2] in 2012.
  2. We have 1,666,208 members [3] 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. [4]
  5. 610,271 people follow us on Twitter. [5]
  6. We gave young people $240,000 in scholarships [6] 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 [7]campaign.
  9. Our members recycled over 1.2 million aluminum cans through our 50 Cans [8] campaign.
  10. Our members donated 316,688 books to school libraries through our Epic Book Drive. [9]
  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/epic