There’s so much on the horizon in the social media arena in 2018, and indeed it’s poised to be one of the larger single annual departures we’ve seen for a while. Social media platforms have now been adopted on a large enough scale, and for a long enough time, that companies are really starting to hit their stride, settle in, and manifest into some sort of measurable final form. Social Beat, one of India’s leading digital marketing solutions company, released its Digital Marketing Industry Report 2018 after the first edition, Digital Marketing Industry Report 2016.
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tips and tricks. cases and examplesSign up and get the latest information Your name Your email JOINLast Updated on July 9th, 2019Since the 2018 version of this post was published, social media has grown to become an even more crucial element of digital communications strategies.
Here, we have updated the stats for 2019 and added even more in order to highlight the social media trends that will influence marketing in 2019.Social media delivers measurable results in sales, leads, and branding. It offers marketers great ROI, enabling them to reach a large audience at a low cost.The world of social media is dynamic and constantly changing. We have gathered all of the of the freshest numbers for 2019 to make sure you are up to date on the trends that will drive social media marketing in the coming year.There are 3.48 billion social media users in 2019, with the worldwide total growing by 288 million (9 percent) since this time last year.( Source:Get ready for XX of the latest social media marketing statistics. Did you know that social media now has a global penetration rate of 45%. (Source: Statista) Almost half the world’s population is now on social media.These social media marketing statistics will give you the ammunition you need to improve your marketing and convince your coworkers and clients that social media marketing must be a priority in 2019. Social Media Marketing Statistics in GeneralSocial media just keeps growing and growing.
At the end of 2018, And most of the other social networking platforms and apps also continued to grow past 2018 levels.1. Online adults aged 18-34 are most likely follow a brand via social networking (95%). (Source: ) Think about your audience and see where they are most likely to follow your brand.1. 71% of consumers who have had a good social media service experience with a brand are likely to recommend it to others. (Source: ) Use social media as an effective customer service tool to increase brand engagement and win new customers.2. 63% of customers actually expect companies to offer customer service via their social media channels, and 90% of social media users have already used social media as a way to communicate with a brand or business.
Don’t neglect social media as a crucial customer care channel.3. 80% of companies online are under the impression that they deliver exceptional social media customer service, while only 8% of their customers say that they agree. (Source: ) Strive to be one of the companies that does social media customer care right.4. The active number of global mobile social media users is 3.3 billion global equaling 42% penetration (Source: ). Nearly 1 million people used mobile social media for the first time each day in 2018 (Source: ). Make sure to optimize your mobile social media campaigns and since mobile ads are relatively cheap and easy to produce, test multiple versions to see what works the best. Users spend on average 69% of their media time on smartphones (Source: ).5. 96% of the people that discuss brands online do not follow those brands’ owned profiles. (Source: ) Companies need to go beyond their own channels and monitor those unbranded conversations to gain valuable insights and manage brand health. Radium One estimates that 84% of sharing of content is happening outside of social networks, on channels like email, instant messenger and SMS (Source: )6.
Visual content is more than 40 times more likely to get shared on social media than other types of content. (Source: ) Flying Point Digital has a great on how to create an innovative content strategy on social media. Facebook statistics6. In 2015 Facebook influenced 52 per cent of consumers’ online and offline purchases, up from 36 per cent in 2014. (Source: ) This shows the importance for retailers to manage their social media channels which will have a direct impact on purchase behaviour.7.
There are now more than 50 million small businesses using Facebook Pages to connect with their customers (Source: ). 4 million of those businesses pay for social media advertising on Facebook. (Source: ) The social media advertising statistics show that small-sized companies should consider paying for Facebook ads in order to gain visibility and surpass competitors relatively easily.8. There were over 4.4 million videos uploaded directly to Facebook in February 2016, generating over 199 billion views. (Source: ) Video marketing is a powerful tool that personalizes your brand and increases conversions. 68% of marketers have published video content on Facebook, and 70% of marketers plan to use Facebook Video this year.
34% of marketers have used Facebook Live and 37% plan to use Facebook Live.9. Only 20% of Facebook posts generate an emotional response while no ads did. (Source: ) Instead of using Facebook as an emotional medium, delivering dynamic and tailored messaging to people in specific stages of at key times can yield much better results.10. The best time to post on Facebook is 3:00 p.m.
On Wednesday. Other optimal times include 12:00–1:00 p.m. On Saturdays and Sundays and 1:00–4:00 p.m. On Thursdays and Fridays.
(Source: ) Try using tools like Buffer or Timely to auto schedule your posts. Twitter statistics11. Link clicks account for 92% of all user interaction with tweets. (Source: ) Link clicks are the your easiest and strongest chance of gaining views and shares for your content.12. 78% of people who complain to a brand via Twitter expect a response within an hour. (Source: ) Customers are turning to social media outlets to unleash their frustration or questions. Make sure you are actively engaged on your social networks.13.
There is a total of 1.3 billion accounts, but 336 million are active. (Source: ) According to Content Marketing Institute, as Twitter’s sign-up growth has slowed down, it will boost its stock price by making ads more prominent, so be ready to start paying for visibility.Twitter has a serious competitor now. Reddit is fighting to become the same number 3 number 3 social networking site in the. But for now, Twitter has found new growth and reached all-time highs. The growth also shows on Twitter’s stock price that’s moving steadily up during the last year or so.14.
Latest study by Locowise found that adding hashtags had no effect on engagement rates. In fact, tweets without hashtags outperformed tweets with hashtags. (Source: ) Therefore, it is better to focus on the quality of your original content instead of overly relying on hashtags for increasing engagement. Instagram statistics15. Top brands on Instagram are seeing a per-follower engagement rate of 4.21% which is 58 times higher than on Facebook and 120 times higher than on Twitter (Source: ) Instagram has become a powerful platform for marketers and its potential cannot be overlooked any longer.16.
Media brands are the most active whereas business services, financial services, and fast moving consumer goods have the lowest percentage of brands represented on Instagram. (Source: ) Also, the increase in business activity on Instagram the brand posting frequency is becoming more normalized and standardized to highlight the increase in a more measurable approach. 41% of marketers have used Instagram video and 44% plan to use Instagram video.17.
90% of Instagram users are younger than 35 (Source: ) Instagram has become the social media network for targeting millennials. Consider Instagram to be the most important social network. Female internet users are more likely to use Instagram than men, at18. Products were the top content types for the top 200 global brands in terms of engagement, at 60% in 2015 beating lifestyle category by over 20%. (Source: ) This is great news for marketers since people who follow brands on Instagram are aware and accept the fact that they’re going to see offers of products, services, and general marketing messages.19.
Posts tagged with another user (56%) or location (79%) have significantly higher engagement rates (Source: ) So don’t forget to add ‘with whom’ and ‘where’ to your Instagram posts. Youtube statisticsYouTube is the main channel for moving pictures. Even YouTube on mobile alone,20.
There are 1.8 billion logged-in Youtube monthly active users visiting the website at least once a month. “Logged-in” part is important as there may be a lot of people coming to YouTube who aren’t using Google Accounts to do so. (Source: )21. In 2015 YouTube posted the figure of 40 billion all-time views for branded content. (Source: ) That means video marketing has gone from nice-to-have to must-have, one that will set the pace for the foreseeable future. 87% of marketers say they plan to use Youtube this year.Bonus 22.
More than half of YouTube views come from mobile devices, and the average mobile viewing session lasts more than 40 minutes. (Source: ) As mobile captures consumers’ full attention, at home or on the go, brands now have the opportunity to reach people anywhere. Combined people spend over an hour on Youtube every day.Bonus 23: 2018 was a breakout year for LinkedIn video. The number of marketers sharing video content on LinkedIn is around 55% right now – this is set to rise to 65% in 2021Photo via.
Social Media Demographic Statistics1. 75% of male internet users are on Facebook as well as2. According to, 44% of teenagers asked to choose one social network if “trapped on a deserted island” chose Snapchat, ahead of Instagram (24 percent) and Facebook (14 percent).3. Female internet users are more likely to use than men, at4. 29% of internet users with college degrees use Twitter, compared to5. Check Twitter at least once per day.6. 91% of Social Media Users Are Accessing Social Channels Via Mobile Devices from.7. Uses Facebook.
Based on total population, (not just internet users) 68% of U.S. Adults (you know, your customers) use it. What are you waiting for? Already!2.3. Per, in the last quarter of 2017, 1.37 billion active users visited Facebook on a daily basis. Overall, daily active users accounted for 66 percent of monthly active users.
(Check out.)4. The average LinkedIn user spends 17 minutes on the site per month.5. 51% of users access the platform daily, and 35% say they look at the platform several times per day.6. Almost 80% of time spent on social media platforms happens. Katy Perry has, at 94.65 million.8.
Over, and almost 9,000 photos are shared every second.9. Just have generated more than 1 billion views.10. More than are on mobile devices. Social Media Business Statistics1. Earns $595 million in mobile ad revenue per year, a rapidly increasing number.2.
Despite news of layoffs and executives leaving the company,3. With social media accounts think that customer service through social media has made it easier to get questions answered and issues resolved.4. Over use Facebook Business Pages.5. Use to Facebook for advertising.6.
Per, Facebook reported 47% growth in revenue to about $17.4 billion in the first half of 2017 over the same period last year.7. Use the platform to plan or make purchases.8.
Pay for monthly premium accounts.9. Of all retail website referral traffic.10. More than use more than one social media platform.11. Per, Facebook mobile ads account for 87% of advertising revenues and stood at $8 billion in Q2 of 2017. Social Media Content Statistics1.
Tweets with images receive 18% more clicks than tweets without images.2. 100 million food and 146 fashion boards exist on.3.
On LinkedIn, 98% of posts with images receive more comments and posts with links have.4. There are about 81 million fake Facebook accounts and about 5% of twitter accounts are bogus.5. 100 million hours of video content are.6. More than have published long-form content, with 160,000 long-form posts being published weekly. And over 19.7 million SlideShare presentations have been uploaded to the platform.7.
Use twitter for marketing purposes.8. The user-submitted YouTube video with the most views is “” with over 845 million views.9.
Pizza is the, directly ahead of steak and sushi.10. Blogging continues to grow, with over 409 million people viewing more than 23.6 billion pages each month.Check out this very cool infographic from! Excited to see these statistics in an infographic.