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18 Social Media Stats You Need to Know Right Now in 2018

Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2025 3:54 am
by Joyzfsddt66
Social media is one of the fastest growing phenomenon of our time, with a huge 3.2 billion users predicted for the year 2021. The most recent stats showed that there were 2.46 billion people connected to social media worldwide in 2017, more than double from 2010, just seven years previous.

For small businesses, 2018 is the time to step up their social media marketing. Here are 18 stats that you need to know right now to help you with your campaigns.

Social media users aged 18-34 are the most likely to follow brand they like.
(According to MarketingSherpa)

More than 70% of customers who have a good customer service experience on social media are likely to recommend the brand to others.
(Source: infographic from )

96% of users who talk about brands on their social pages do not actually follow those brands on social media.
(Data from Brandwatch)

Facebook has the highest number of users (2.072 billion users), followed by Twitter (330 million), and then Instagram (800 million).
(Figures from StatusBrew)

91% of retail brands currently use at least two different social france whatsapp phone number media channels to reach their audience.
(Information from StatusBrew)

There is a new social media account opened every 15 seconds across the world.
(Information from StatusBrew)

More than 50 million small businesses worldwide now have a Facebook business page
(Source: Facebook)

Over 4 million businesses pay for Facebook advertising to promote their products and services.
(Source: Forbes)

Almost 80% of marketers are satisfied with the success rates from their Facebook ads, making social PPC strategies a major focus for this year.
(According to Contently)

Customers are likely to spend between 20% and 40% more money with a brand that they have engaged with on social media.