B
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49%
49% -- share of marketers believing social media is effective for Marketers surveyed by CMI (2026)
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49%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Content Marketing Institute
Primary
Tier C
http://www.bigoutsource.com/blog/use-social-media-get-great-results/ ↗
Source Article
How to Use Social Media and Get Great Results
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Content Marketing Institute
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CMI survey of marketers on social media effectiveness, cited by BigOutsource blog
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Industrymarketing
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Marketers surveyed by CMI: 49% share of marketers believing social media is effective. Source: Content Marketing Institute (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/marketers-believe-social-media-effective
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