Generation X
Online News Gateways By Age [CHART]
Social media is the main way that youth (18-24) around the world discover news online, whereas older adults are more apt to directly access news stories, according to the Digital News Report 2018 from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Fully 53% of young adults reported coming across news stories via social media, compared to one-third (34%) of adults ages 55 and older.
Read MoreSocial Media Persuasion By Demographic [CHART]
We may believe we’re each living in our own social media bubble full of like-minded folks, but survey data suggests that some of us are being persuaded to change our minds thanks to social posts.
Read MoreB2B Buyers' Customer Experience Expectations by Generation [CHART]
More than 8 in 10 business buyers want the same experience as when they’re buying for themselves, reveals Salesforce Research in its second annual State of the Connected Consumer report. The study indicates that the customer experience is hugely important to business buyers, 8 in 10 of whom say the experience a company provides is as important as its products and services.
Read MoreSocial Television Appeal By Generation [CHART]
Long-form video is spreading across social media. With the launch of IGTV, Instagram joined Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter in a space getting more crowded by the day.
Read MoreImportance Of Mobile Apps By Generation [CHART]
In an April 2018 survey by ThinkNow Research, 40% of US mobile app users said apps were Very Important in their daily life. Millennials were slightly more likely to feel this way, though not by much.
Read MoreOut Of Home TV Viewing By Generation [CHART]
Young people are watching less traditional TV in the home – that much is clear. But data from Nielsen indicates that they haven’t abandoned their interest in linear TV.
Read MoreSmart Audio [VIDEO]
This presentation by Tom Webster of Edison Research presents the Spring 2018 edition of The Smart Audio Report from NPR and Edison Research. More than 43M people (18+) in the U.S. now own a smart speaker. And it’s no longer just the early adopters using these devices. New smart speaker owners are emerging as a distinct audience in terms of user profile, behavior and media habits.
Read MoreDemographics Of Moviegoers [CHART]
Three-quarters of the US population went to a movie at the cinema at least once last year and roughly 1 in 8 (12%) could be deemed frequent moviegoers in claiming to attend at least once a month.
Read MoreDemographics Of Social Media Distrust [CHART]
Most US internet users say they don’t trust social networks to protect their personal information. A May 2018 survey by Rad Campaign found that 61% of respondents had little to no trust in social networks. That compares with 53% in 2016, and 57% in 2014.
Read MoreSocial Retail By Age & Plaform [TABLE]
Millennials had higher incidences of being inspired by Instagram to make a purchase, though buying spurred by Snapchat was more evenly distributed by age.
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