A comScore report reveals that social media usage via mobile has experienced rapid growth in the UK within the past year. Read →
The U.S. is easily in the lead with 152.2 million Facebook users, but Indonesia now comes in 2nd with 35.2 million users, and “more than half of the country’s online population participates on social networking sites” as reported by eMarketer. See the list of top ten countries by number of Facebook members. Read →
New data released yesterday from SlideRocket shows that the growth of mobile presentations has “skyrocketed” in 2011 with a 640% increase. One of every ten presentations is now viewed via mobile device, with Apple products leading the pack as the device of choice. Read →
A recent Nielsen report indicates that the number of US consumers watching mobile video increased 40% year over year in Q3 and Q4 2010, bringing total US mobile video viewers to nearly 25 million by the end of 2010. eMarketer compiled data from the Nielsen report and a survey from QuickPlay Media to reveal more interesting mobile video stats. Read →
Last week, Twitter marked the end of the first quarter by tweeting out updated Q1 stats for 2011. See the latest percentage increases for for tweets per day, account signups, and mobile app users. Read →
A new report by the Monitor Institute and the Pew Internet and American Life Project shows how technology is helping civic institutions keep local citizens informed. The findings came from surveys conducted over an 8 month period in San Jose, CA; Philadelphia, PA; and Macon, GA. Overall, a significant number of citizens are using social and mobile [...] Read →
Traffic to e-commerce web sites from mobile devices grew by more than 300% year over year, according to an analysis of more than 18 million visits to numerous high-traffic e-commerce websites conducted by SEO technology company Conductor — a huge surge in usage to which marketers and retailers need to pay close attention. Read →
eMarketer predicts that the number of mobile social network users in the U.S. will more than double in the next five years, from 38.9 million in 2010 to an estimated 79.1 million in 2015. As mobile use of social networks gains in popularity, the adoption of location-based mobile services will also grow rapidly. eMarketer reports [...] Read →
A new study released by L2 measures how affluent Gen Y consumers use media and how they interact with brands through media. Digital media is easily in the lead, with traditional media channels trailing significantly behind in most areas. If brands want to succeed, they will have to concentrate more on improving their own websites, social [...] Read →
The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life project has released its first report on location-based services, based on August and September, 2010 interviews with 3,001 online adults. According to the report, 24% of all online adults now use a status update service such as Twitter, up from 6% in 2008. Of those status update [...] Read →