Smart Speaker Users By Brand, 2018-2020 [CHART]

While Amazon’s Echo is the most popular smart speaker in the US, it’s losing share as speaker rivalry heats up. This year, Amazon is capturing roughly two-thirds of the US smart speaker audience, and that figure will decrease to 60.8% by 2020.

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Preferred Shopping Method Among Online Buyers [CHART]

The fastest-growing category on Amazon this year is food and beverage, up 40.1%, with the health, personal care and beauty category close behind at 37.9%. While sales volume is still small, the uptick shows consumers are turning to ecommerce more often for everyday items and grocery shopping.

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Online News Gateways By Age [CHART]

Chart: Online News Gateways by Age Group

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.

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