Social Networking Stats: Millennials Are 56% More Likely To Find Brand Content On Social Networks

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week

Facebook: 1.23 billion monthly active users via Facebook
YouTube over 1 billion monthly unique users via YouTube
Twitter: 255 million monthly active users via VentureBeat
Qzone: 599 million monthly active users via TechCrunch
Sina Weibo: over 500 million users via The Next Web
Renren: over 170 million users via iResearch iUser Tracker
VK: over 230 million registered accounts via VK
LinkedIn: 300 million members via LinkedIn
Google Plus: 343 million monthly active users via GlobalWebIndex
Tumblr: 189 million blogs via Tumblr
Instagram: 200 million users via Instagram
Vine: 40 million registered users via Vine
Tagged: 20 million unique monthly users via Tagged
Foursquare: 45 million users via TechCrunch
Pinterest: 70 million users via The Next Web
Reddit: 113 million monthly unique visitors via Reddit
WhatsApp: 500 million users via WhatsApp
Messenger: 200 million users via re/code
SnapChat:  ???? via TechCrunch

Please email marissa@modernmedia.co if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list.  

Millennials Are 56% More Likely To Find Brand Content On Social Networks

The average millennial checks their smartphone about 45 times a day, and is 56% more likely to find brand content on social networks than on search engines or other online news feeds, according to SDL’s global study.

SDL's Content Finds the Customer study found that Millennials  are 56% more likely to find brand content on social networks.
SDL’s Content Finds the Customer study found that Millennials are 56% more likely to find brand content on social networks.

Here are some highlights from the study:

  • Millennials embrace social media platforms: 5 out of 6 millennials claim they connect with companies through social media networks.
  • Millennials first turn to social networks for content discovery: Among this demographic, Facebook is the most popular platform for content in the UK (52%), the Netherlands (38%), and Germany (44%). YouTube and Twitter are a close a second. Email and search engines, once popular, remain as a last resort for content discovery.
  • Social media outweighs email: On an average day, millennials share roughly 6 pieces of content through social media, and only 5 through email.
  • Millennials crave customized content: From social networks to news feeds and music streams, millennials prefer content that can be adjusted to fit their taste. 71% of millennials are more likely to listen to customizable music streams, like Spotify and Pandora, than local radio stations.
  • A quick response time is key: Millennials claim that rate of response is most important when communicating with brands; they prefer instant gratification approaches, like online technical support though chat.

“Our survey shows that social is the channel of first choice for millennials, and that will have broad implications for marketing as brands seek to build trust and relationships with this important demographic,” says Paige O-Neill, CMO of SDL

Is your content ready to find millennial customers?

SDL’s Content Finds the Customer Study sampled more than 1,800 millennials from ages 18-36, with roughly 300 respondents each in the US, UK, Australia, Norway, Denmark and Netherlands. The survey was conducted between January and April 2014.