Mobile Apps
e-Strategy Trends’ continually updated collection of mobile app trends and statistics for marketing, public relations, advertising and strategic communications professionals.
Mobile Video Viewing Of Millennials (& Gen Z) [INFOGRAPHIC]
This infographic from Whistle illustrates how Millennials and Generation V differ in their mobile video consumption habits.
Read MoreContent Creation Tools Used By Gen V [CHART]
Every generation believes they’ve got one up on the generations that came before them and the youths of Gen V (the generation born roughly between 1995 and 2010) are no different.
Read MoreMobile Messaging App Users, 2018-2022 [CHART]
This year, the total number of messaging app users worldwide will increase 12.1% to 2.52 billion people, eMarketer estimates. Growth will slow to 7.3% next year, reaching 2.70 billion users.
Read MoreContent Sharing Channels [CHART]
Roughly half (48%) of US and UK internet users surveyed by GlobalWebIndex in Q1 2019 said they typically shared content with their peers via SMS.
Read MoreSmartphone App User Demographics [TABLE]
Mobile and social usage are major elements of Gen X’s digital activity, so it’s no surprise that those also figure into their shopping. But while such usage is a default behavior for millennials, Gen X is selective in using mobile and (especially) social as shopping tools.
Read MoreTop Mobile Apps, 2019 [CHART]
Of the 15 most popular mobile apps, Google owns seven of them; Facebook owns three and Apple only one.
Read MoreMap App Users, 2017-2021 [CHART]
Maps and navigation apps are essential tools for smartphone users, and we forecast that 66.8% of smartphone users will use them monthly, with a growth of 5.8% from 2017 to 2018. More than 155 million people will use maps and navigation apps by the end of this year. We expect that growth will remain steady in the coming years, and penetration will reach 67.6% by 2021.
Read MoreWeekly Commercial Message Consumption Frequency [CHART]
While very few marketers would dispute the effectiveness of personalization, there are still barriers to being able to personalize at scale, namely the time and cost involved in creating personalized content. A survey of more than 1,000 US consumers from Periscope by McKinsey shares some insights on personalized messages and what consumers think of them.
Read MoreUS Dating App Users, 2016-2020 [CHART]
Due to slowed growth among the most popular dating apps, app-switching (as opposed to new downloads) and a potential rise in successful relationships, eMarketer has lowered its dating app forecast figures for 2019.
Read MoreTikTok US Users By Age & Income [CHART]
Who is downloading and using TikTok? Not surprisingly, data from March 2019 shows that the age group with the largest number of unique visitors is 18-24-year-olds (3.7 million), which accounts for just over one-quarter (25.8%) of the total US adult visitors.
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