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50%

50% -- share of time spent for social media apps (2020)

2020  · App Annie

Users spend 50% of their mobile app time on social media apps.

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Value
50%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2020
Entity
social media apps
Geography
Global
B
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61/100 confidence

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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
App Annie Primary Tier C
https://www.appmysite.com/blog/top-mobile-app-usage-stats/amp/ ↗
Confidence: 30/100 Vintage: 2020 Channel: Wayback
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Top 45+ mobile app usage stats you should know - App My Site
The obsession with numbers and trends is not just something unique to mobile apps. Every field has its share of analysts that pour over many sets of data to devise trends and figure out a way to exploit them. The difference when it comes to mobile apps is the nascent stage of the industry as a whole…
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Cited from App Annie; video/entertainment 21%, gaming 9%

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Industrysocial_media_marketing,media_entertainment RegionGlobal RoleAll marketers Channelsocial
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social media apps: 50% share of time spent. Source: App Annie (2020). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/time-share-social-media-apps
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/time-share-social-media-apps" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>50%</strong> -- share of time spent for social media apps<br><small>Source: App Annie (2020) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/time-share-social-media-apps" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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