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25%

25% -- share of respondents rarely checking business social media activity for UK SMEs (2015)

2015  · n=500  · Slater and Gordon

25% of respondents from UK SMEs rarely check their business's social media activity.

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25%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2015
Entity
UK SMEs
Sample Size
500
Geography
UK
B
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Independence
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Methodology
45
Freshness
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Slater and Gordon Primary Tier B
https://www.businesstechweekly.com/tech-news/cybersecurity-news/small-businesses-hacked-on-social-me… ↗
Confidence: 59/100 Vintage: 2015 Channel: Wayback
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Survey of 500 UK SMEs by Slater and Gordon

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Industrycybersecurity,media_entertainment Company SizeSMB RegionUK Channelsocial
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UK SMEs: 25% share of respondents rarely checking business social media activity. Source: Slater and Gordon (2015). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-sme-rarely-checked-social-media-25pct
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