B
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31%
31% -- share of consumers using social media for answers for Consumers (2026)
31% of consumers use social media to find answers to their questions.
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31%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
EMEA
Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
HubSpot
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Tier C
https://www.wearedeviation.co.uk/insights/2026-marketing-predictions-how-search-everywhere-r-will-re… ↗
Source Article
2026 Marketing Predictions: How ‘Search Everywhere®’ Will Redefine Discoverability | Deviation - The Search Everywhere® Agency
2026 Marketing Predictions: How ‘Search Everywhere®’ Will Redefine Discoverability
For years, my thought process when developing my search marketing predictions for the upcoming year have focused on the same question… What’s changing on Google?
But as we prepare to go into 2026, that question is rea…
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Industrymedia_entertainment
RegionEMEA
RoleAll marketers
Channelsocial
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Consumers: 31% share of consumers using social media for answers. Source: HubSpot (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-social-media-answers-31pct
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