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10%

10% -- share of site traffic for Social networks (2012)

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Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-17

2012 · Shareaholic

Social media networks delivered 10% of website traffic at the beginning of 2012.

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10%

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Percentage

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2012

Entity

Social networks

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Shareaholic Primary Tier C

https://www.agencjawhites.pl/blog/dlaczego-strategia-content-marketingowa-nie-ma-sensu-bez ↗

Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2012 Channel: Deep Crawl

Source Article

Strategia content marketingowa nie ma sensu bez social media - WHITES

Dziś hasło „content is king” jest znane każdemu marketerowi. Od 1996 roku, kiedy Bill Gates podczas swojej przemowy użył tego zwrotu, zdążyli się go nauczyć wszyscy. Media przestały być wyłącznym wydawcą. Według szacunkowych danych, każdego dnia w internecie pojawia się ponad 92 tysiące nowych artyk…

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Share of site traffic delivered by social networks at the beginning of 2012, cited as baseline comparison to 2014 Social Media Traffic Report figures

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Social networks: 10% share of site traffic. Source: Shareaholic (2012). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-networks-traffic-share-2012

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