Friday, January 30, 2015

Social Media Will Have 5.4M More Users by 2016

Interesting stats in this article:
There are nearly 180 million Americans who use social media, and there will be 5.4 million more users by next year, according to data from eMarketerThe market research firm looked at the number of users on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Tumblr, comparing the numbers from 2013 through 2015 and predicting those for 2016.
The article further breaks down the usage by age groups.  For example, one of the predictions is that by next year, there will be 4.9 million social network users younger than 12, a number that will have consistently increased by 300,000 over the previous years. With 3 million users, this demographic is most active on Facebook. eMarketer predicts that number to increase incrementally, though the youngest Americans' presence on Pinterest and Tumblr will stagnate.
Not sure how others feel, but a 9 year old chatting away on Facebook?  What's wrong with that picture?

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