Twitter and LinkedIn Mobile Audiences Doubled in Past Year
LONDON, UK, 21 November 2011 - Comscore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released an overview of mobile social media usage across the five leading European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) from the Comscore MobiLens service. The study showed that the audience for mobile social networking in the EU5 region grew 44 percent in the last year with 55.1 million mobile users in the EU5 accessing social networking sites or blogs via their mobile devices during September 2011.
“Over the past year we have seen social networking use grow rapidly among mobile users across Europe, driven largely by the growth in smartphone adoption, making it easier than ever for users to stay connected and engage in social activities while on-the-go,” said Jeremy Copp, Comscore Europe vice president for Mobile. “More notably, the rate of growth in daily social networking usage has surpassed even the rate of growth in total social networking adoption among mobile users, suggesting that the behavior is becoming even more ingrained into people’s daily mobile lives. As social networks continue to invest in improving the user experience on mobile devices and tablets, it will be interesting to see how social behaviours on the mobile platform further evolve.”
1 in 4 EU5 Mobile Users Access Social Media In September 2011, 55.1 million EU5 mobile users accessed social networking sites or blogs on their mobile device, representing 23.5 percent of the total mobile audience. Nearly half – 46.8 percent – of this audience reported accessing social networking sites on a daily basis. Interestingly, the growth in daily social networking use from the previous year outpaced that of mobile social networking access as a whole (67 percent vs. 44 percent), indicating that the mobile platform is proving to be conducive to very frequent social networking use. While most mobile users accessed social networking sites via a mobile browser (31.3 million), the number of people using mobile apps doubled in the previous year to 24.2 million.
Frequency of Use and Method of Access for Mobile Social Networking/Blog Audience 3 Month Avg. Ending September 2010 vs. September 2011 Total EU5 (DE, ES, FR, IT and UK) Mobile Subscribers Age 13+ Source: Comscore MobiLens
Total Audience (000)
Sep-10
Sep-11
% Change
Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog Ever in Month
38,395
55,125
44%
Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog Almost Every Day
15,438
25,779
67%
Social Networking Access Method:
Via Mobile Browser
23,855
31,307
31%
Via Application
12,057
24,208
101%
Twitter and LinkedIn Mobile Usage More than Doubles Over the Past Year Several social networking brands posted significant gains for their mobile audiences over the past year. Approximately 39 million mobile users or 71 percent of the EU5 mobile social networking audience accessed Facebook via a mobile device in September 2011 – the largest mobile audience of any social network – and an increase of 54 percent in the past year. Nearly 8.6 million mobile users accessed Twitter.com, representing a 115-percent jump from the previous year. LinkedIn grew by a notable 134 percent to 2.2 million unique users, more than doubling its user base during the same time period. Spanish social network Tuenti.com received 2.3 million unique users, growing nearly 60 percent.
Audience* for Selected Social Networking Brands 3 Month Avg. Ending September 2010 vs. September 2011 Total EU5 (DE, ES, FR, IT and UK) Mobile Subscribers Age 13+ Source: Comscore MobiLens
Facebook
25,361
39,022
54%
Twitter**
3,980
8,568
115%
Tuenti.com
1,474
2,327
58%
LinkedIn
944
2,210
134%
*Includes mobile browser and app access. ** Excludes third party services such as Tweetdeck
More than 40 Percent of Mobile Social Networking Users Engage with Brands Research from the new social media metrics available in the Comscore MobiLens service provides deeper insight into the behaviour of mobile users on social networking sites. In September 2011, nearly 3 in 4 mobile social networking users reported reading posts from people known personally, and more than 60 percent posted status updates on their mobile devices. Mobile social networking users also engaged with brands on their mobile devices, as 44.3 percent reported reading posts from organizations, brands, or events, and a similar percentage (41.6 percent) reported reading posts from public figures or celebrities. In addition, more than a quarter (26.7 percent) of mobile social networking users reported receiving coupons, offers, or deals on their phones.
Mobile Social Networking Activities 3 Month Avg. Ending September 2011 Total EU5 (DE, ES, FR, IT and UK) Mobile Subscribers Aged 13+ Source: Comscore MobiLens
Total Social Networking or Blog Audience
Share (%) of Social Networking or Blog Audience
Total Audience Accessing Social Networking Sites or Blogs: 13+ yrs old
100.0%
Read posts from people known personally
40,588
73.6%
Posted status update
33,934
61.6%
Followed posted link to website
27,075
49.1%
Read posts from organizations/brands/events
24,412
44.3%
Read posts from public figures/celebrities
22,909
41.6%
Posted link to website
19,359
35.1%
Received coupon/offer/deal
14,738
26.7%
September 2011 EU5 Mobile Benchmark Data The table below shows Comscore’s September 2011 mobile benchmark data, including a review of mobile consumption behaviors and device penetration for the five European countries under measurement. These benchmarks are published by Comscore to provide the most up-to-date snapshot of the mobile industry. Further information on these benchmarks, and other data included above, can be provided upon request.
Mobile Benchmark Data for the European Market 3 Month Avg. Ending September 2011 Total EU5 (DE, ES, FR, IT and UK), Age 13+ Source: Comscore MobiLens
Reach (%) of Mobile Subscribers
EU5
UK
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Used Smartphone
40.1%
46.9%
36.7%
33.0%
40.4%
46.3%
Used Application (excl. pre-installed)
34.5%
44.9%
31.8%
30.4%
30.8%
35.4%
Used Browser
35.0%
35.3%
28.4%
30.7%
34.7%
Played Games
26.5%
33.8%
15.6%
24.8%
30.1%
28.7%
Sent Text Message
82.9%
90.6%
83.7%
79.6%
80.2%
80.4%
Listened to Music
25.9%
25.5%
23.3%
25.6%
24.0%
32.6%
Accessed News
18.5%
26.2%
17.1%
15.7%
17.2%
16.2%
Accessed Social Networking Site or Blog
23.5%
22.0%
17.3%
20.8%
23.1%
About MobiLens MobiLens data is derived from an intelligent online survey of a nationally representative sample of mobile subscribers age 13 and above. Data on mobile phone usage refers to a respondent’s primary mobile phone and does not include data related to a respondent’s secondary device.
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