The State of Social Media in the U.S. in 2019

February 11, 2020

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In 2019, social engagement for the average U.S. brand increased 5% year over year across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Twitter and Instagram captured the majority of the growth in engagement, both increasing by 10% respectively. Twitter increased from 4.4 billion actions in 2018 to 4.8 billion in 2019, and Instagram increased from 47.7 billion actions in 2018 to 52.3 billion in 2019. Video content continued to grow across the social web, the number of video posts from brands increased by 8% and engagement with those videos increased by 8%.

The Shareablee Fact Book explores the platforms, categories, brands and content steering the growth of the social web and for marketers the key drivers of engagement.

Table of contents

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Part 1: Overall Growth 4 - 7 Part 2: Category Killers 8 - 13
Part 3: The Big List 14 - 34 Part 4: Top Content 35 - 50

Excerpt Part 1: Overall Growth of Social Media

The total volume of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram actions (Reactions, Comments, Shares, Retweets and Likes) increased 5% year over year. Twitter and Instagram are growing at a faster rate (+10%) than Facebook which saw a decrease (-8%). Instagram continues to dominate with over half of the total engagement.



 

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