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82%

82% -- time spent on social media growth rate for social media sites and blogs (2011)

2011  · Nielsen

Total time spent on social media sites and blogs increased by 82 percent in a year according to a Nielsen study.

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82%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2011
Entity
social media sites and blogs
Geography
Global
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Independence
30
Methodology
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Freshness
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Nielsen Primary Tier C
http://axia.net/work/services/social-media/ ↗
Confidence: 23/100 Vintage: 2011 Channel: Wayback
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Social NetWork, social media PR campaigns
Social NetWork, social media PR campaigns Social media – online media centered around user participation and user-generated content – is the No. 1 activity on the Web. A Nielsen study concluded that the total time spent on social media sites and blogs increased by 82 percent this year. Thirty-four p…
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Nielsen study, cited by AXIA; year-over-year growth in time spent

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Industrysocial_media_marketing,media_entertainment RegionGlobal RoleAll marketers Channelsocial
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social media sites and blogs: 82% time spent on social media growth rate. Source: Nielsen (2011). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-media-time-spent-growth-82-percent
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