The Most Essential (and Surprising) Social Media Statistics and Facts of 2019

What role do social media stats and facts play in your day-to-day?
As social media marketers, we do our best to be data-informed with the decisions we make for our social media strategy at Buffer. Social media stats make a difference.
Plus, you never know when you'll need a good trivia tidbit to impress at a party. :P
In this episode, we hope you'll find it all: both the necessary stats and facts to inform your social media decisions plus some social media numbers that will surprise and entertain.
Listen to hear the numbers on social media demographics, usage, trends, and much more. We hope these statistics and facts will arm you with the knowledge you need to build an even stronger social media strategy.
- Dave & Bonnie
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About the Show:
The Science of Social Media is your weekly sandbox for social media stories, insights, experimentation, and inspiration. Every Monday (and sometimes more) we share the most cutting-edge social media marketing strategies from brands and influencers in every industry. If you're a social media team of one, business owner, marketer, or someone simply interested in social media marketing, you're sure to find something useful in each episode.  It's our hope that you'll join our 27,000+ listeners each week and rock your social media channels as a result!
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