This statistic presents the distribution of global content sharing activities across social networks as of the second quarter of 2016. During the examined period, it was found that 57 percent of social sharing activity occurred via Facebook.
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Content sharing: leading social networks worldwide 2016
Distribution of global social content sharing activities as of 2nd quarter 2016, by social network
This statistic presents the distribution of global content sharing activities across social networks as of the second quarter of 2016. During the examined period, it was found that 57 percent of social sharing activity occurred via Facebook.
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| Percentage of total social sharing activity | |
|---|---|
| 57% | |
| 18% | |
| GooglePlus | 10% |
| 5% | |
| 4% | |
| 2% | |
| 0.6% | |
| Tumblr | 0.4% |
| Others | 3% |
| Percentage of total social sharing activity | |
|---|---|
| 57% | |
| 18% | |
| GooglePlus | 10% |
| 5% | |
| 4% | |
| 2% | |
| 0.6% | |
| Tumblr | 0.4% |
| Others | 3% |
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This statistic presents the distribution of global content sharing activities across social networks as of the second quarter of 2016. During the examined period, it was found that 57 percent of social sharing activity occurred via Facebook.
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- August 2016
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2nd quarter 2016
- Number of respondents
- 160,000 websites
- Special properties
- data based on LoginRadius Platform reaching 400 million social share views
- Supplementary notes
- Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2nd quarter 2016
- Number of respondents
- 160,000 websites
- Special properties
- data based on LoginRadius Platform reaching 400 million social share views
- Supplementary notes
- Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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