B
Evidence Grade B
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92%
92% -- businesses using social media marketing for U.S. businesses (2026)
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92%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Heidi Cohen
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Tier C
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Heidi Cohen
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U.S. businesses: 92% businesses using social media marketing. Source: Heidi Cohen (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-businesses-social-media-marketing-92pct
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