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73% -- consumer purchase switching rate for social media users (2026)
73% of social users say they would buy from a competitor if a brand does not respond on social media.
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73%
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social media users: 73% consumer purchase switching rate. Source: Sprout Social (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-users-buy-competitor-no-response-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-users-buy-competitor-no-response-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>73%</strong> -- consumer purchase switching rate for social media users<br><small>Source: Sprout Social (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/social-users-buy-competitor-no-response-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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