B Evidence Grade B Graded accuracy verified by the review judge Safe to Cite Dated

1% -- share of population with no social media footprint for General population (job candidates) (2021)

Name: Share Of Population With No Social Media Footprint Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-06

2021 · Social Intelligence

According to Social Intelligence, only 1% of the population has absolutely no social media footprint.

Cite this stat Share How we verify

Attribution: Social Intelligence View source

Lighthouse Research Team

Last verified: 2026-09-06 · How we verify data →

Source verified Evidence graded

Value

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2021

Entity

General population (job candidates)

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

Score breakdown

Extraction

Source Trust

Citation Chain

Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Social Intelligence Primary Tier C

https://atlanticscreening.com/social-media-screening-how-why-it-works/ ↗

Confidence: 51/100 Vintage: 2021 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Social Media Screening: How & Why It Works

Original Research

Social Intelligence · Original study ↗

Methodology

Attributed to Social Intelligence; article published March 29, 2021

Methodology documented

Segmentation

Industrymarketing

Cite this stat

Plain Text

General population (job candidates): 1% share of population with no social media footprint. Source: Social Intelligence (2021). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-intelligence-1-percent-no-social-media-footprint

HTML Embed

<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-intelligence-1-percent-no-social-media-footprint" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>1%</strong> -- share of population with no social media footprint for General population (job candidates)<br><small>Source: Social Intelligence (2021) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-intelligence-1-percent-no-social-media-footprint" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>

Share on X Share on LinkedIn

Use this data in your work

Copy the citation, embed the widget, or explore thousands more verified marketing statistics -- all free.

Copy citation Explore similar stats →