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There are some key differences in the demographic makeup of each site’s news users. Instagram and Snapchat news consumers are considerably more likely to be nonwhite and younger.
Social Media As A News Gateway [CHART]
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Looking at the population as a whole, Facebook by far still leads every other social media site as a source of news.
Budgeting For Digital Marketing Trends [INFOGRAPHIC]
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This infographic by MGD Advertising identifies the six trends that are the most important for digital marketers to budget for.
Snapchat Users By Age [CHART]
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Close to half of Snapchat’s adult audience was aged 35 and older as of December 2016, marking a dramatic change from a year earlier.
Teen Internet Use By Platform [CHART]
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The National Cyber Security Alliance and Microsoft polled 804 US teen internet users ages 13 to 17 about their digital activities.
American WhatsApp Users, 2014-2020 [CHART]
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About 5.6 million more people have gotten on board with WhatsApp.
How Teens Use Smartphones [PODCAST]
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How Teens Use Smartphones [PODCAST]Rate this post eMarketer analysts and hosts Marcus Johnson and Bryan Yeager start things off by discussing evidence of how quickly the mobile messaging landscape is changing, including recent developments like the release of Instagram’s Stories feature that works in a way eerily similar to Snapchat Stories, as well as Google’s […]
US Snapchat Users By Age [CHART]
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Snapchat’s US monthly user base is projected to grow by 27.2% this year to 58.6 million.
Social Media Marketing Platform Trends [CHART]
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9 in 10 marketers say that social media is important to their business, with the most commonly cited benefits being increased exposure and traffic.
Facebook Messenger Users – 2014-2020 [CHART]
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eMarketer estimated in June that 105.2 million people in the US would use Facebook Messenger at least monthly this year.