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Leading publishers by average social sharing volume 2016
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Leading online publishers ranked by average number of social shares per article from December 2015 to June 2016
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- Release date
- August 2016
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- December 2015 to June 2016
- Special properties
- excluding publishers with less than 10 articles in the top 1 million articles shared
- Supplementary notes
- Data is based on analysis of 3 billion social media shares of the 1 million most shared articles on social media.
- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- December 2015 to June 2016
- Special properties
- excluding publishers with less than 10 articles in the top 1 million articles shared
- Supplementary notes
- Data is based on analysis of 3 billion social media shares of the 1 million most shared articles on social media.




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- Overview
- Share of individuals who upload self-created content to any website to be shared in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017Uploading self-created content to the internet in the United Kingdom (UK) 2008-2017
- Digital services ranked by usage to consume or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) as of May 2018Leading digital content services ranked by usage in the United Kingdom (UK) 2018
- Do you use the internet for the following creative and productive purposes?Internet usage: online content creation in Great Britain 2011-2013
- Share of individuals capable of creating* online content in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015, by age groupShare of individuals capable of creating online content in the UK 2015, by age group
- Share of individuals creating a website or blog on the internet in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012 and 2016Creating a website or blog in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2016
- Share of internet users who contributed comments to a website or blog at least weekly in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014 and 2015, by age group*UK: share of users posting comments on websites or blogs 2014-2015, by age group
- Share of internet users who uploaded or shared photos or videos online in the prior week in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 , by age group*Uploading or sharing videos or photos online in the UK 2016, by age
- Share of mobile phone users who upload photos or videos online via their mobile phones at least weekly in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014 and 2015, by age group*Weekly uploading of photos or videos via mobile in the UK 2014-2015, by age group
- Social media
- Social networks ranked by share of monthly content volume generated in the United Kingdom (UK) in January and May 2014Social networks ranked by share of content volume generated in the UK 2014
- Social networks ranked by average monthly volume of posts per user in the United Kingdom (UK) from September 2014 to April 2015Social networks ranked by volume of content production per user in the UK 2015
- How often, if at all, do you personally contribute or share content on a social networking site?Frequency at which users shared or contributed content on social media in GB 2015
- Share of respondents that uploaded content to social media via smartphone in the United Kingdom in 2013, by location*Social media content uploading via smartphone in the UK 2013, by location
- Do you visit user generated upload sites regularly (once a week or more often)?*Reach of user generated upload sites in Great Britain August 2013, by age and gender
- Do you visit digital content curation websites regularly (once a week or more often)?*Reach of content curation sites in Great Britain as of August 2013, by age and gender
- Use of Facebook to consume or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018Facebook use to consume or share digital content in the UK 2012-2018
- How often, if at all, do you personally send a Tweet you have written yourself?Frequency at which individuals sent Tweets in Great Britain (GB) 2015
- Video content
- Number of unique visitors to selected video sharing sites in the United Kingdom (UK) from April 2012 to March 2015 (in million unique visitors)Number of visitors to selected video sharing sites in the UK 2012-2015
- Most popular online content video properties in the United Kingdom (UK) from September 2014 to June 2015, ranked by unique video viewers (in 1,000s)Online video properties ranked by unique video viewers in the UK 2014-2015
- Share of internet visits going to online video sites in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2015 to January 2016Online video content share of internet visits in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2016
- Membership and active use of YouTube in the United Kingdom (UK) from March 2013 to April 2015YouTube: membership and active use in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2015
- Most popular YouTube partner channels in the United Kingdom (UK) in September 2014, ranked by unique viewers (in 1,000s)Most popular YouTube partner channels in the UK in September 2014, ranked by viewers
- Use of YouTube to consume or share digital content among legal digital content consumers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018YouTube use to consume or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) 2012-2018
- Usage frequency of SVoD in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014, by type of serviceUsage frequency of SVoD in the UK in 2014, by type of service
- Share of individuals who watched short video clips (such as on YouTube) in the prior week in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 and 2017, by age groupWatching short online videos in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2017, by age group
- Pictures
- Photography websites ranked by visitors in the United Kingdom (UK) in December 2013 (in million visitors)Leading image websites in the United Kingdom (UK) in December 2013, by visitors
- In the past month, have you shared pictures on a social media site?Sharing pictures on social media in Great Britain 2013, by demographic
- Share of individuals who shared their selfies on social media in GB 2015, by age groupShare of individuals who shared their selfies on social media in GB 2015, by age
- How many selfies do you post on social media every week?Number of selfies posted by young people weekly in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014
- How many selfies do you post on social media every week?Number of selfies posted by young people weekly in the UK 2014, by gender
- What do you do with your selfie?Ways of sharing selfies in the United Kingdom (UK) July 2015, by demographic profile
- Membership and active use of Pinterest in the United Kingdom (UK) from March 2013 to April 2015Pinterest: membership and active use in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2015
- Awareness, membership and active use of Instagram in the United Kingdom (UK) from March 2013 to April 2015Instagram awareness, membership and active use in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2015
- Reviews
- Share of consumers to read and post product reviews online in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014Online product review reading and posting in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014
- Do you visit online review websites regularly (once a week or more often)?*Reach of online review websites in Great Britain as of August 2013, by age and gender
- How often do you write online reviews or app reviews?*Frequency of writing online reviews in the UK 2013, by subject matter
- Distribution of the online audience of rottentomatoes.com in Great Britain (GB) in 2016, by age groupDistribution of the online audience of rottentomatoes.com in GB 2016, by age group
- Distribution of the online audience of goodreads.com in Great Britain (GB) in 2018, by age groupDistribution of the online audience of goodreads.com in GB 2018, by age group
- Distribution of articles shared to social networks 2016
- Distribution of content shared on social networks November 2014
- Frequently shared social media content by teens in the UK and Ireland July 2015
- GB: individuals not taking selfies 2015, by age group
- Survey on usage of media for sharing news in Sweden 2016
- Return traffic of leading social bookmarking sites in China 2012
- Pinterest: number of users in the U.S. 2013-2019, by gender
- Leading social bookmarking sites in China 2012
- Types of social sharing content worldwide 2014
- Types of social sharing content in APAC countries 2014
- Global social content sharing frequency 2014
- Pinterest: global active usership 2014, by age
- Tumblr: global active usership 2014, by age
- Pinterest: usage penetration in global regions 2014
- Negative branded content reactions in APAC countries 2014
- UK micro businesses: frequency of using social media for business purposes in 2014
- Australia: number of Twitter users 2014-2016
- Number of hours women spend on social media on an average day in the U.S. in 2014
- Social content sharing
- Social media and events
- Beauty content on social media
- Social media and politics in the United States
- Online recruiting and social media
- Social media usage in the Netherlands
- Social media usage in Belgium
- Social media usage in Finland
- Mobile social media usage worldwide
- Social media marketing
- Brands on social media
- Social media advertising in the U.S. (DMO)
- Mobile social media usage in the United States
- Social media usage in Denmark
- Social media usage in Sweden
- Digital services ranked by usage to consume or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) as of May 2018
- Do you use the internet for the following creative and productive purposes?
- What are your personal reasons for sharing media content online?
- Share of respondents that uploaded content to social media via smartphone in the United Kingdom in 2013, by location*
- Do you visit user generated upload sites regularly (once a week or more often)?*
- Do you visit digital content curation websites regularly (once a week or more often)?*
- Use of Facebook to consume or share digital content in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018
- Number of unique visitors to selected video sharing sites in the United Kingdom (UK) from April 2012 to March 2015 (in million unique visitors)
- Most popular online content video properties in the United Kingdom (UK) from September 2014 to June 2015, ranked by unique video viewers (in 1,000s)
- Most popular YouTube partner channels in the United Kingdom (UK) in September 2014, ranked by unique viewers (in 1,000s)
- Use of YouTube to consume or share digital content among legal digital content consumers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2018
- Photography websites ranked by visitors in the United Kingdom (UK) in December 2013 (in million visitors)
- In the past month, have you shared pictures on a social media site?
- What do you do with your selfie?
- Do you visit online review websites regularly (once a week or more often)?*
- Distribution of the online audience of rottentomatoes.com in Great Britain (GB) in 2016, by age group
- Distribution of the online audience of goodreads.com in Great Britain (GB) in 2018, by age group
- Which of the following media did you use last week in order to spread or share news?
- Primary type of content shared by social network users worldwide as of June 2014, by market maturity
- Primary type of content shared by social network users in Asia Pacific are likely to share as of April 2014, by country
- Share of global internet users actively using Pinterest as of 4th quarter 2014, by age group
- Share of global internet users actively using Tumblr as of 4th quarter 2014, by age group
- Usage penetration of Pinterest in selected global regions as of 1st quarter 2014
- Branded content social network users in Asia Pacific are likely to react negatively to as of April 2014, by country
- Number of Twitter users in Australia from 2014 to 2016 (in millions)
- Share of individuals who upload self-created content to any website to be shared in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008 to 2017
- Share of individuals capable of creating* online content in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015, by age group
- Share of individuals creating a website or blog on the internet in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2012 and 2016
- Share of internet users who contributed comments to a website or blog at least weekly in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014 and 2015, by age group*
- Share of internet users who uploaded or shared photos or videos online in the prior week in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 , by age group*
- Share of mobile phone users who upload photos or videos online via their mobile phones at least weekly in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014 and 2015, by age group*
- Social networks ranked by share of monthly content volume generated in the United Kingdom (UK) in January and May 2014
- Social networks ranked by average monthly volume of posts per user in the United Kingdom (UK) from September 2014 to April 2015
- How often, if at all, do you personally contribute or share content on a social networking site?
- How often, if at all, do you personally send a Tweet you have written yourself?
- How often, if at all, do you personally read Tweets that other people have written?
- How often, if at all, do you personally re-tweet content someone else has posted?
- Share of internet visits going to online video sites in the United Kingdom (UK) from January 2015 to January 2016
- Membership and active use of YouTube in the United Kingdom (UK) from March 2013 to April 2015
- Usage frequency of SVoD in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014, by type of service
- Share of individuals who watched short video clips (such as on YouTube) in the prior week in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2016 and 2017, by age group
- Most common motivations for watching online videos in the United Kingdom in 2015
- Share of individuals who shared their selfies on social media in GB 2015, by age group
- How many selfies do you post on social media every week?
- How many selfies do you post on social media every week?
- Membership and active use of Pinterest in the United Kingdom (UK) from March 2013 to April 2015
- Awareness, membership and active use of Instagram in the United Kingdom (UK) from March 2013 to April 2015
- Share of consumers to read and post product reviews online in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014
- How often do you write online reviews or app reviews?*
- Distribution of articles shared via social networks worldwide from December 2015 to June 2016, by platform
- Distribution of content shared on social networks per day of the week worldwide in November 2014, by industry
- Most popular types of content frequently shared on social media by teenagers in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland as of July 2015
- Share of individuals not taking selfies in Great Britain (GB) as of 2015, by age group
- Return traffic* of leading social bookmarking sites in China 2012
- Number of Pinterest users in the United States from 2013 to 2019, by gender (in millions)
- Leading social bookmarking sites in China in 2012
- Frequency with which social networking users share content as of June 2014
- Micro businesses: frequency of using social media for business purposes in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014
- Women: On an average day, how many hours do you spend on the topic of social media?
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