The pie charts describe the changes in favourite social media platforms of global Internet users. It consists of data in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
In general, over the period shown, whereas the popularity of Facebook declinded, the opposite was true of all other social media channels.
In 2011, 59% of social media users chose Facebook, followed by Twitter and LinkedIn with proportion of 21% and 10%, respectively. Only 5% of users saw Google+ and Pinterest as their favourite social media platforms.
One year later, Facebook was still the most popular channel as it was the favourite of half of users. However, it figure in 2012 had decreased by 10%, in comparison to 2011. Other platforms’ percentage recorded insignificant increases: Pininterest with 1%, Twitter and LinkedIn with 2% and Google+ with 5%.
The dominance of Facebook remained in 2013 when it accounted for 38% of the pie chart, leaving Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest at 25%, 15%, 14% and 8%, respectively. Similarly to period 2011-2012, the jump of non-Facebook channels from 2012 to 2013 was not considerable.
In spite of various alterations, the ranks of popularity of the 5 platforms remained unchanged from 2011 to 2013: Facebook led the way, followed by Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest, respectively.
The pie charts
describe
the
changes
in
favourite
social
media
platforms of global Internet
users
. It consists of data in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
In general
, over the period shown, whereas the popularity of Facebook
declinded
, the opposite was true of all other
social
media
channels.
In 2011, 59% of
social
media
users
chose Facebook, followed by Twitter and LinkedIn with proportion of 21% and 10%,
respectively
.
Only
5% of
users
saw
Google+ and Pinterest as their
favourite
social
media
platforms.
One year later, Facebook was
still
the most popular channel as it was the
favourite
of half of
users
.
However
, it
figure
in 2012 had decreased by 10%,
in comparison
to 2011. Other platforms’ percentage recorded insignificant increases:
Pininterest
with 1%, Twitter and LinkedIn with 2% and Google+ with 5%.
The dominance of Facebook remained in 2013 when it accounted for 38% of the pie chart, leaving Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest at 25%, 15%, 14% and 8%,
respectively
.
Similarly
to period 2011-2012, the jump of non-Facebook channels from 2012 to 2013 was not considerable.
In spite of
various alterations, the ranks of popularity of the 5 platforms remained unchanged from 2011 to 2013: Facebook led the way, followed by Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest,
respectively
.