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4% -- social referral share of site traffic for websites (2024)
According to HubSpot (2024), social referrals account for 4% to 8% of website traffic.
- Reported as a range of 4–8%
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2024
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websites: 4% social referral share of site traffic. Source: HubSpot (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/hubspot-social-referral-traffic-2024
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/hubspot-social-referral-traffic-2024" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>4%</strong> -- social referral share of site traffic for websites<br><small>Source: HubSpot (2024) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/hubspot-social-referral-traffic-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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