I came across the following numbers on Ashley Barnes’ marketing blog and thought I’d share here as they may help you choose where to focus your book promotion efforts. Having said that, don’t forget my golden social media rule:
Don’t overextend. Focus on a couple of social media; the ones you feel more comfortable with.
Always take “success” stories like, “X author uses Y medium and is selling bucketloads of books” with a few pinches of salt (or even buckets, for that matter). We all have our own ways of promoting and what works for one won’t for another.
Number of Active Social Media Users (2019)
Anyway, here are the statistics for the current number of users of popular apps in 2019, ranked in order of popularity:
Specifically, the numbers are as follows:
- Facebook: 2.45 Billion monthly active users
- YouTube: 1.9 Billion users
- Instagram: 1 Billion monthly…
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I’m surprised to see that Twitter isn’t more popular. I don’t really care for it though. It’s like shouting into the wind.
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Thanks for sharing, Chris 🙂
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Nevwer thought there could be such a great difference in users. The “Trump-effect” hand not taken place for Twitter? Lol They should rename it in “TheRealTwitter”. 😉 Thank you for the great posting and reposting, Chris! Michael
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Fake stats 😉
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OK, Nicholas! Sorry, next time i will read better. Best wishes, Michael
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I was kidding, Michael!!! The stats are quite real. It was a reference to Trump’s “fake news,” since you mentioned the man.
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good stats to keep in mind, thanks for sharing!
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Welcome, Neha 👍🤗
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