News from eMarketer comes with bad news for the “it’s just a fad” crowd – social media is becoming the most time-intensive activity on the web.
Data from a worldwide survey by TNS shows that, on average, we internet types spend 4.6 hours a week on social sites, compared with 4.4 hours on email, even though email is still the most conducted activity.
The number of us who manage a profile on a social networking site has also increased, as the chart below shows.
As eMarketer, the source of the table and chart above say,
And it’s little wonder they spend so much of their time on social sites. In addition to a wealth of social games and opportunities to share and generate content, social networks remain at heart a communications tool. US internet users told UM in 2010 they stay in contact with 53 people on average through social media, up from 31.2 last year. Worldwide the trend was similar: Users now keep in touch with 52 friends through social, compared with 38.8 in 2009
Social networking and social media is here to stay. Better let your CEO know…
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