Social Media Usage Is Greater Than Ever But Publishers Aren’t Making Much Of This Opportunity, New Study Proves

Today, the usage of social media is at its peak but it appears that publishers may not be making the most of the opportunity being presented in front of them.

Instead, we’re seeing competitors take the lead as confirmed in a new report that comes to us thanks to Echobox. The study highlights some crucial benchmarking information that arises from the world’s biggest apps.

The goal is to use such information and help publishers in comprehending how their individual reach on social media compares to other leading arch-rivals in the industry and how they can attain the best ROI.

Coming to the benchmarking data, there are nearly 4.5 billion individuals that use these platforms. And on record, this is what is giving publishers access to nearly 60% of the world's population. Moreover, the growth in social media has averaged 3% this year. So that means you’ve got even bigger and better chances to reach out to audiences.

The data provides key statistics for apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Echobox which takes pride in serving a whopping 1500 brands from all across the globe is now sharing data based on its analysis of social shares that it took part in.

Now, the authors of this report revealed how they’re on a mission to motivate readers to make use of global benchmarking information to comprehend how various apps perform in terms of driving traffic back into a website.

Comparisons are being used to optimize these strategies and better target such activity to enhance user engagements and rates from clicks. Moreover, it’s designed to attract newbies and better their relationships.

Remember, healthy activities like click-through patterns allow firms to make the most money by the huge social media audience at stake while channeling them to the page’s curated surrounding.

For Facebook, Echobox rated it as the single biggest social resource for firms in search of drive click via traffic. Today, this stands at 2 billion daily users and is close to reaching the 3 billion monthly active user figure. Moreover, the fact that it takes over the world’s 30% population is also a fact that can’t be missed.

Today, more than 3000 pages on the app are getting analyzed by hundreds of brands. And in just six months, the app has driven 3% of all the referral traffic.


Moving on to Meta’s other famous app Instagram boasts a whopping 2 billion users per month and continues to grow as we speak. Around 40% of users go to the app every week as per data published by Reuters’ Digital News Report. This proved how the app’s audience took in younger audience members than others.

When its referral traffic was analyzed, it showed how 200 pages of the app over six months drove 3.8% of referral traffic.


Coming to Twitter, keeping all of its controversies aside, the app is definitely a great tool for brands that wish to enhance their visibility. Similarly, it’s boosting its audience engagement, growing users, and producing efficient click-throughs.

Today, the number of users on the app who are monetizing is nearly 240 million and that’s a 16% rise from 2022 as per the earning report’s stats. And when an analysis of its pageview data was done, that showed a 6.7% referral traffic average.

Last but not least, LinkedIn has 1 billion users on its platform and publishers are making it a point to increase their presence on the app. And since most users are older in age, it makes increases the probability that they would pay for such content more than the usual lot.

Analysis of nearly 100 pages on the app proved how publishers gained 1.5% of social traffic from the platform.

So as you can see, the take-home message here is that analysis of how valuable your content is, be it social media reach, website traffic, or even producing advertising revenue, is the heart of your success. You need to plan, produce, and publish data that support’s your brand’s goals.

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