Top 5 Channels For Sharing Content, Q3 2013 [CHART]

Facebook remains easily the leading channel for sharing content online, says ShareThis in a new report, but sharing via Pinterest is growing quickly this year and is almost on par with email as the third-largest channel. During September, Facebook accounted for a leading 57.3% of shares from websites that have the ShareThis tool embedded, significantly expanding its leading share from 42.4% a couple of months earlier in July. Twitter was the second-largest channel, with 19.3% of shares in September, followed by email (5.1%) and Pinterest (4.9%).

LinkedIn closed out the top 5 sharing channels, with 2.1% of shares in September.

The ShareThis data is a useful indicator of sharing trends: the study says its analysis is based on sharing behavior across more than 120 social channels, reaching 95% of the US online population on desktop and mobile devices. Indeed, comScore recently reported that ShareThis boasted 85.6% reach among online Americans in September (desktop-only). Read the rest at MarketingCharts.