What Social Media Do Ad Execs Use? -

MyersBizNet Survey of Advertiser and Agency Executives on Trade Press Readership
         
The rankings below reflect the perceptions of advertising executives, with percentages based on percent of respondents who qualified use of each social media platform.

Which Social Media Platforms do you use?

TOTAL

YEARS IN BUSINESS

1-­‐7 years

8-­‐14 years

15+years

%

RANK

%

RANK

%

RANK

%

RANK

LinkedIn

89.4%

1

89.8%

1

85.7%

1

92.9%

1

Facebook

67.4%

2

69.4%

2

69.8%

2

60.7%

2

Twitter

53.3%

3

51.9%

3

54.0%

3

55.4%

3

Instagram

43.6%

4

50.0%

4

50.8%

4

23.2%

5

Google+

30.0%

5T

28.7%

7

30.2%

6

32.1%

4

Pinterest

30.0%

5T

34.3%

5

33.3%

5

17.9%

6

SnapChat

20.7%

7

33.3%

6

11.1%

8

7.1%

8

Foursquare

11.5%

8

11.1%

8

14.3%

7

8.9%

7
SOURCE: MyersBizNet Survey of Advertiser and Agency Executives on Trade Press Readership. Survey among 253 respondents conducted in February 2015
Contents copyright © 2015 MyersBizNet Inc. Reproduction, distribution in any form, and duplication is restricted exclusively to corporate members of MyersBizNet, Inc.
         
The percentages below are based on percent of respondents who rated frequency of use for business purpose 4/5 "often/frequnetly" (top two box)
How frequently do you use each for business purposes with 1 being never and 5 being often (4/5 "often frequently" top two box rating) OFTEN / FREQUENTLY

TOTAL

YEARS IN BUSINESS

1-­‐7 years

8-­‐14 years

15+years

%

RANK

%

RANK

%

RANK

%

RANK

LinkedIn

54.9%

1

54.7%

1

58.1%

1

51.8%

1

Facebook

31.3%

2

36.3%

2

31.7%

2

21.2%

3

Twitter

24.4%

3

23.2%

4

27.9%

3

22.6%

2

Instagram

21.8%

4

31.3%

3

20.0%

4

4.3%

4

SnapChat

11.8%

5

21.3%

5

5.5%

7

0.0%

7T

Pinterest

10.4%

6

16.8%

6

6.8%

5

2.1%

6

Google+

7.7%

7

10.3%

7

6.7%

6

4.0%

5

Foursquare

2.6%

8

3.3%

8

3.4%

8

0.0%

7T

SOURCE: MyersBizNet Survey of Advertiser and Agency Executives on Trade Press Readership. Survey among 253 respondents conducted in February 2015
Contents copyright © 2015 MyersBizNet Inc. Reproduction, distribution in any form, and duplication is restricted exclusively to corporate members of MyersBizNet, Inc.
         

Jack Myers

Media Ecologist, Founder: MediaVillage and Advancing Diversity Hall of Honors Jack Myers is a media ecologist and founder of MediaVillage, the media and advertising community’s leading resource for market intelligence, education, business connection… read more