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Adoption of social media advertising 2016, by platform
Leading paid social properties used for promotion and advertising worldwide in 2016
by A. Guttmann,
last edited
May 17, 2018
The statistic shows data on the adoption of social media advertising worldwide as of late 2016, by platform and marketer's type. During a survey, 34 percent of marketers working mainly with business clients stated their organizations used YouTube ads.
Leading paid social properties used for promotion and advertising worldwide in 2016
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by A. Guttmann,
last edited
May 17, 2018
The statistic shows data on the adoption of social media advertising worldwide as of late 2016, by platform and marketer's type. During a survey, 34 percent of marketers working mainly with business clients stated their organizations used YouTube ads.
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- March 2017
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- late 2016
- Number of respondents
- nearly 500 in-house and agency marketers
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Question: Which of the following social properties do you pay to advertise/promote on?
The methodology information comes from this article.
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- late 2016
- Number of respondents
- nearly 500 in-house and agency marketers
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Question: Which of the following social properties do you pay to advertise/promote on?
The methodology information comes from this article.
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- Digital marketing spending in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)U.S. digital marketing spending growth 2014-2019, by segment
- Social media advertising spending in the United States from 2012 to 2019, by type (in billion U.S. dollars)Social media advertising spending in the U.S. 2012-2019, by type
- Social media advertising spending in the United States from 2017 to 2023, by device (in million U.S. dollars)Digital Market Outlook: social media ad revenue in the U.S. 2017-2023, by device
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- Amount of time spent by marketers on social media marketing per week from 2011 to 2017Amount of time spent on social media marketing per week 2017
- Planned changes in future use of selected social media for marketing purposes worldwide as of January 2019Future use of social media among marketers worldwide by platform 2019
- Leading advertising / promotion media among small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United States as of 3rd quarter 2017U.S. SMBs: leading ad media 2017
- Marketing implementation of social media advertising among small to medium sized enterprise (SME) owners in the United States as of November 2016Social media advertising adoption among SMEs in the U.S. 2016
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- Median ROI generated by selected direct marketing channels according to marketers worldwide as of June 2017Median ROI from direct marketing channels worldwide 2017
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- Share of global marketers who agree that social media is important to their business as of January 2017Significance of social media marketing worldwide 2017
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- Brand & industry performance
The most important statistics
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- Most popular retailers on Pinterest as of March 2018, based on number of followers (in millions)Pinterest: most popular retailers 2018, based on number of followers
- Leading industries of U.S. brands on social media in 2018, by share of voiceEngagement share of voice of U.S. brands 2018, by industry
- Average social brand video view duration as of March 2017, by vertical (in seconds)Social video brand user engagement 2017, by vertical
- Average social media response rate of brands in the United States as of 3rd quarter 2017, by verticalAverage U.S. brand response rate on social media 2017, by vertical
- Average number of daily brand posts on Facebook as of July 2018, by verticalAverage daily Facebook brand posts 2018, by vertical
- Consumer perspective
The most important statistics
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- Leading ways consumers prefer to be contacted by brands in the United States as of June 2018U.S. consumers preference to being contacted by brands in 2018
- Share of consumers who have purchased products after seeing an ad on social media in the Unites States as of September 2017Share of U.S. consumers influenced by social media ads to purchase products in 2017
- Share of consumers who have purchased products after seeing an ad on social media in the United States as of September 2017, by incomeU.S. consumers influenced by social media ads to purchase products in 2017, by income
- Share of consumers who have purchased products after seeing an ad on social media in the United States as of September 2017, by ethnicityU.S. consumers influenced by social media ads to buy products in 2017, by ethnicity
- Primary attitude of internet users in the United States toward select brand behaviors on social media as of April 2017U.S. internet users attitude towards brand posts on social media 2017
- Share of consumers who found Facebook advertising to be helpful in the United States as of May 2017U.S. consumers who find Facebook advertising helpful 2017
- Share of consumers who felt annoyed by Facebook advertising in the United States as of May 2017U.S. consumers who find Facebook advertising annoying 2017
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- Revenue per visit (RPV) of selected social media platform referrers as of 3rd quarter 2014 and 2015 (in U.S. dollars)
- Social advertising spending worldwide from 2014 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Social media advertising spending in selected countries worldwide in 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Digital marketing spending in the United States from 2014 to 2019, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Social media advertising spending in the United States from 2012 to 2019, by type (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Social media advertising spending in the United States from 2017 to 2023, by device (in million U.S. dollars)
- Average social media advertising spending per internet user in the United States from 2017 to 2023 (in U.S. dollars)
- Advertising revenues of selected social networks in the United States from 2015 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Length of time global marketers have been using social media marketing as of January 2018
- Leading social media platforms used by marketers worldwide as of January 2019
- Most important social media platforms for marketers worldwide as of January 2019
- Amount of time spent by marketers on social media marketing per week from 2011 to 2017
- Planned changes in future use of selected social media for marketing purposes worldwide as of January 2019
- Leading advertising / promotion media among small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United States as of 3rd quarter 2017
- Marketing implementation of social media advertising among small to medium sized enterprise (SME) owners in the United States as of November 2016
- Entities responsible for social media accounts management of small businesses in the United States as of February 2017
- Weekly time spent on social media marketing among small business in the United States as of February 2017
- Most in-demand agency services among companies in the United States as of April 2016
- Digital marketing tactics most difficult to execute worldwide in March 2016
- Likelihood of using selected social networks in client campaigns according to advertising agencies in the United States as of 2nd quarter 2017
- Leading channels, technologies and services marketers are planning to invest in as of December 2016
- Share of digital marketing budgets devoted to social media marketing according to marketers in the United States from 2013 to 2016
- Leading paid social properties used for promotion and advertising worldwide in 2016
- Leading digital marketing activities used by agencies and marketers worldwide in 2016
- Channels for which B2B ad buyers purchased ads programmatically in the United States as of October 2017
- Most effective digital marketing techniques according to marketers worldwide in 2018
- View of selected media channels profitability according to marketing professionals in the United States as of August 2016
- Perceived level of ROI generated by selected digital marketing channels according to marketers worldwide as of June 2017
- Median ROI generated by selected direct marketing channels according to marketers worldwide as of June 2017
- Share of global marketers who believe they are able to measure their social media marketing ROI as of January 2019
- Leading benefits of using social media for marketing purposes worldwide as of January 2019
- Share of global marketers who agree that social media is important to their business as of January 2017
- Social media trends expected to have the biggest effect on marketing strategies in the following year according to marketers in the United States as of September 2017
- Most valuable content marketing types for moving prospects through the sales funnel according to B2B marketers in the United States as of July 2017
- Product brands with the most Facebook fans as of April 2019 (in millions)
- Leading brands on Twitter as of June 2018, by followers (in millions)
- Leading brands ranked by number of Instagram followers as of December 2017 (in millions)
- Most popular retailers on Pinterest as of March 2018, based on number of followers (in millions)
- Leading industries of U.S. brands on social media in 2018, by share of voice
- Average social brand video view duration as of March 2017, by vertical (in seconds)
- Average social media response rate of brands in the United States as of 3rd quarter 2017, by vertical
- Average number of daily brand posts on Facebook as of July 2018, by vertical
- Average number of daily brand posts on Twitter as of July 2018, by vertical
- Perceived relevance of advertising in selected media among consumers worldwide as of October 2017
- Leading ways consumers prefer to be contacted by brands in the United States as of June 2018
- Share of consumers who have purchased products after seeing an ad on social media in the Unites States as of September 2017
- Share of consumers who have purchased products after seeing an ad on social media in the United States as of September 2017, by income
- Share of consumers who have purchased products after seeing an ad on social media in the United States as of September 2017, by ethnicity
- Primary attitude of internet users in the United States toward select brand behaviors on social media as of April 2017
- Share of consumers who found Facebook advertising to be helpful in the United States as of May 2017
- Share of consumers who felt annoyed by Facebook advertising in the United States as of May 2017
- Share of consumers who found YouTube advertising videos to be helpful in the United States as of May 2017
- Share of consumers who felt annoyed by YouTube advertising videos in the United States as of May 2017
- Share of teenagers who believe there are too many ads on selected social media in the United States as of January 2017
- Actions taken by internet users in the United States if a brand ignores or reacts poorly to their complaint on social media as of July 2017
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- Distribution of social network advertising revenue worldwide in 2016, by company
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- Share of consumers who bought products they saw advertised on Facebook in the United States as of March 2018
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- Share of social in digital advertising spending in the Asia Pacific region from 2013 to 2016
- Social network advertising spending per user in Canada from 2012 to 2015 (in Canadian dollars)
- Change in social network advertising spending in the Asia Pacific region from 2013 to 2016
- Perspectives on social media companies introducing stricter rules for displaying political ads according to adults in the United States as of April 2019, by ethnicity
- Social network advertising spending per social network users in Western Europe from 2013 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
- Distribution of iOS mobile app advertisers on YouTube worldwide as of December 2015, by category
- Distribution of affiliate marketing sales in the United States in 2018, by publisher type
- Share of IT security device systems management market worldwide by vendor in 2012
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