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Power to the people - Social Media Tracker Wave 3
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Welcome to Wave 3
04 Introduction
06 Methodology
10 What is Social Media?
12 Global Snapshot
18 Blogging
34 Social Networking
48 Sharing Content
56 Consuming Content
76 Final Word
Introduction
Welcome to Universal McCanns global research into the This latest report demonstrates the continued growth of social
impact of social media. This project is an ongoing commitment media, the impacts of this are huge.
by Universal McCann to measure consumer usage, attitudes and
• The vast majority of users are producing content and there
interests in adopting social media platforms and is the largest
is an ongoing shift towards participation.
exploration of its kind. It aims to provide the facts behind the
hype. • Media consumption is internationalising along language lines
thanks to global social platforms.
The first study was published in September 2006 (Wave 1) and
the second study in June 2007 (Wave 2). This report (Wave 3) • Consumers are moving to on-demand media such as video
brings together the latest results from Wave 3 as well as tracking clips and podcasts.
the evolving trends since Wave 1. Wave 3 surveyed 17,000 internet
users in 29 countries and was completed in March 2008. • The role for advertisers and brands has never had so much
potential – branded applications, content and services all
Since Wave 1 in September 2006 the research has created offer huge potential in social media.
genuine insights on the patterns of usage, such as China having
more bloggers than the US, emerging markets leading take up and • Emerging internet markets are leading the way in usage,
Japan shunning photo sharing. closing the gap with developed countries.
Tom Smith
Tom.smith@universalmccann.com
Wave 3
Wave 1 29 Countries
15 Countries 17,000 Internet
Wave 2 Users
7500 Internet 21 Countries
Users March
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September Users
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ocial media is a global phenomenon happening in all markets regardless of wider economic,
social and cultural development. If you are online you are using social media
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sian markets are leading in terms of participation, creating more content than any
other region
• All social media platforms have grown significantly over the three Waves
– Video Clips are the quickest growing platform, up from 31% penetration
in Wave 1 to 83% in Wave 3
• 5
7% have joined a Social Network, making it the number one platform for creating
and sharing content
– 55% of users have uploaded photos
– 22% of users have uploaded videos
• The widget economy is real
– 23% of social network users have installed an application
– 18% of bloggers have installed applications in their blog templates
• Blogs are a mainstream media world-wide and as a collective rival any traditional media
– 73% have read a blog
• The blogsphere is becoming increasingly participatory, now 184m bloggers world-wide
– The number one thing to blog about is personal life and family
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hina has the largest blogging community in the world with 42m bloggers, more than the US
and Western Europe combined
• Social media impacts your brands reputation
– 34% post opinions about products and brands on their blog
– 36% think more positively about companies that have blogs
Methodology: How we did it
The research has retained a consistent methodology
throughout Wave 1, 2 and 3. All surveys have been scripted
and hosted on Universal McCann’s in-house online research
system, Intuition. All surveys are self completion and the data
collected is entirely quantitative. Every market is representative
of the 16-54 Active Internet Universe. In this Wave 17,000
internet users in 29 countries were interviewed. To be included
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understand. economically developed countries lead the way.
• They are the most important consumer to understand the The reason lies in the focus of the study, which is to understand
adoption of social media who are key to growing the internet. usage of social media among internet users. Emerging Internet
markets tend to have a demographical profile that fits the early
• They make up the vast majority of social media adopters.
adopter as opposed to the mature internet markets such as Japan
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and the US. This can be a factor in lower levels of adoption in
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pioneered by the Asian markets and now happening everywhere,
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important in the future as
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a mass audience. to provide free
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they can bring, but the credibility they lend to in the world of blogging: sites.
their site. The role for advertising is going to be
more important in the future as it becomes Micro Blogging: Blogging in 140 characters
essential to provide free access to sites, or less. Sounds inane, but surprisingly addictive.
web services and content. Everything is Check out Twitter.com and Jaiku.com Perfect for the
becoming ad supported. mobile age.
• Increasingly blogs are incorporating Political Influence: All the candidates in the US presidential
widgets. Branded widgets are a huge race are blogging. Barack Obama is even on Twitter. Political
opportunity and will be adopted if
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Brand penetration: usage trends
There is a lot of
This research provides clear proof that Myspace is still number
one among a broad collection of international networks with a
32% weekly reach. Its position has been maintained by its focus
talk about which is on music and commercial content, rather than connecting friends.
Facebook is not far behind on 22.5% weekly reach and the
the biggest social number one in many markets and surely will grow as it
becomes internationalised.
network in the world. However the pattern is very mixed globally and its far from
a two horse race. In Asia a variety of local sites like QQ,
Cyworld and Mixi dominate in their home markets, while Orkut
is number one in Brazil.
Myspace 32.3%
Facebook 22.5%
Blogger 15.7%
Baidu 15.0%
QQ 14.6%
Flickr 13.8%
Sohu 11.5%
Orkut 10.9%
Hi5 9.7%
Skyblog/Skyrock 8.4%
LastFM 7.9%
Friendster 7.7%
Cyworld 7.4%
Mixi 6.7%
Second Life 6.2%
Linkedin 5.7%
Bebo 5.6%
Bokee 5.1%
Piczo 4.2%
% Weekly usage Active Internet Universe (weighted reach – based on universe sizes)
0 35
54%
40%
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37%
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40%
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63%
23%
35%
34% 89%
36%
Social networking
• Large Social Networks have near unlimited inventory. For • Be International; social networks have global presence,
advertisers to cut-through they need to be relevant and ideally but are heavily localised in adoption and any content and
work inside the network, by bringing users to branded pages, widgets should be tailored to the particular network, reflecting
applications or connecting them with content. local and cultural differences.
DIY Social Networks: White label social network systems that you can customise are driving the
emergence of a wealth of ultra niche networks. See ning.com or onesite.com for examples.
Reputation Management: Slowly users are realising the implications of having every drunken photo on-
line for the world to see. Personal brand management is going to be a big deal in the next few years. Tools
to report and manage your reputation are coming online; Wink.com or peekyou.com for personal search
and reputa.com and reputationdefender.com for more sophisticated management systems.
Social Network Aggregators: An emerging area in 2008 as the need to pull all your social network profiles
into one place becomes a pressing one. Try ex.plode.us and profilefly.com.
Sharing Content – uploading photos: usage trends
Photo sharing is the number one way to • The leading markets are Asian and Latin Ameri-
can
share content thanks to the proliferation Philippines leads the way with 86%.
of digital cameras and the continuing ease
• Japan shuns photos
of sharing that comes with technology Bottom of the table – just 21% uploaded.
innovation. The platforms to share have also
expanded with photo sharing becoming • Large numbers of consumers contributing on
a very frequent basis 16% upload everyday
central to social networks.
• Brazil and Asia more frequent
than the UK or US
34% upload everyday
Ge n 4 .2% .7%
So nd 56. 59
H mar % 6%
Ro h R 2.7 1%
Br ico 5% 4%
an y 3 9%
it 4 5%
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Universe Sizes versus total 16-54 population
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20
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6
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7 8
16
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23 China
9
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18 27
19
21
24 25
22
28
22
29
Sharing Content – uploading videos: usage trends
Considering the complexities of sourcing and uploading • Similar pattern to photosharing
video the numbers of people doing it is staggering. In many Brazil lead the way on 68%
markets the number of people uploading is not far from Asia lead; all Asian markets bar Japan in the top half
the numbers sharing photos. Even more impressive is how
often they do it. • Huge variation in involvement
Hungary 16% > Brazil 68%
%
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ry %
m n4 2
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M a 5 60
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Shared Videos Online – impact versus total population
Universe Sizes versus total 16-54 population
4%
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Br n 8 7.6
Po ey s 4
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20
11
5 6 12
13 14
7
8 17 16
15
9 10 23 China
26
18 35.5m 27
19
21
24 25
22
28
29
Consuming Content – video clips: usage trends
Video clips
continue to grow
massively and
penetration is huge
in all markets.
%
.0
Gr g K 6.5 .5%
2%
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U rali 77. 8%
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st e 3%
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pa .2 0%
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So n 8 0%
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H h K 6%
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Au h R 84.
Ge erl .3
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Br ico s 9
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U stan %
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itz 78
ki .6
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Watching video clips Waves 1-3
“Thinking about using the Internet, which of the following have you ever done?” – “Watching Video Clips” Active Internet Universe
Global Philippines
32.0% 63.3% 82.8% 39.9% 60.7% 98.7%
France Spain
23.4% 53.6% 63.4% 28.0% 69.4% 86.8%
49% 37% 7% 7%
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Watched Videos Online – impact versus total population
Universe Sizes versus total 16-54 population
%
.3
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%
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So ma g 3 .3%
Sp h K 34 0%
.5
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ai or .1%
st 30 6%
st 15 8%
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pa .0 lic
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47
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un 2 %
Gr an .3%
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Ita h R .7%
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Po il 1 .0%
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Ja 23 pub
De g K d 3
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Ta an .4
Au an 29.
Au ce 14.
Tu ico s 7
M ppi 5%
H zerl 1.
Ru a 6 .6
H ria .9
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ki 4%
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20
11
5 12
6
13 14
7 8 17
15 16
23 China
54.4m
9 10 26 27
19 18
21
24 25
22
28
29
Consuming Content – podcasts: usage trends
to the increase in portable video China is the worlds biggest podcast market
74% use, with an estimated 45m users
players and the ease of access that
Actively involved – regular downloads
services like iTunes have pioneered. 18% listen and download everyday
Ch
in
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m 1 7
Downloaded a podcast
Br ani .5%
az a 6
Ph il 6 4.
ili 3. 4%
Ru ppi 1%
ss ne
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di 57 1.
a
“Downloaded a Podcast” Active Internet Users
Sp 57 .9% 8%
ai .8
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rk 1.
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ut 0
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la or
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ki 47 9
Cz stan .3% .2%
ec 4
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K
4 e %
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it 2% lic
H zerl 43
on an .2
g d %
“Thinking about using the Internet, which of the following have you ever done?” –
Au K 4
st ong 2.
De rali 4 2%
n a 4 2.
Au mar 0. 2%
st k 2%
Gr ria 38.
ee 37 3%
Ge ce .6%
rm 34
Fr an .8%
an y
Ta ce 34.
iw 34 8%
Ja an .2%
pa 33
U n 3 .0%
SA 0
Ca 29 .2%
na .5
H da %
un 2
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et y %
h 2
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ly an %
25 ds
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%
63
Downloading Podcasts Waves 1-3
“Thinking about using the Internet, which of the following have you ever done?” – “Downloaded a Podcast” Active Internet Users
Global Philippines
18.4% 21.8% 48.8% 8.3% 26.4% 61.3%
France Spain
25.2% 20.9% 34.2% 20.8% 16.6% 51.0%
ly
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Au il 8 9%
N ma 13.
Ca an 4%
Sw g K 6.
M 7.4 9%
Ru a 5 s 4
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Cz ey %
Ph 1. .4
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% Ever downloaded podcasts
0
Power to the people - Social Media Tracker Wave 3
67
20
11
5 6 12
13 14
7 8
17 16
15
10 23 China
9 26
18 45.4m 27
19
21
24 25
22
28
29
Power to the people - Social Media Tracker Wave 3
Consuming content: RSS 69
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a key technology in social Huge growth from Wave 2 to Wave 3
media. It connects users to content and moves content into 15% to 38% worldwide
a variety of platforms. However in Waves 1 and 2 it had
stubbornly refused to gain popularity despite its crucial role BRIC markets lead
in changing the way we access information and use social Russia, Brazil and China lead the way, all 50% plus adoption
media platforms, The issues were lack of consumer awareness
and low knowledge about what it does. Wave 3 seems to have Huge variations in adoption
heralded a tipping point in adoption. Hungary 15% > Russia 57%
% 0%
ry bl %
.7 5.
Pa g K % .4%
Ro ria .8% 4%
Tu n 3 5.0 5%
ga pu .2
In h K .1%2%
14 ic 1
na .6 4%
2 5 %
n .5 %
an y 3%
rk 3. %
un e 7
on . 4
st 28 9.
ai 3 6.
ec an %
K 2 0
Au 4. .7%
Ge ani .8%
Sw n 3 .0%
De 24 4.6
ut 45 5.
H h R ds 1
Ph nd .4%
M ppi .7%
Gr zerl 4%
Ch il 5 .6%
H 44 ea 4
Po an 9%
Ca 18 20.
U ce 27.
Ta a 5 3%
Au ce d 2
Ja ey 3 6%
Sp stan g 3
Fr an 7.
Cz erl 8.0
N da %
So ico s 4
U mar %
st 9%
ly a 2
rm a 2
it 1.
0
m 28
pa 2
la 48
iw 3.
ili 47
az 56
in 5.
ki on
ee an
di or
et 1
ex ne
SA k
Ita rali
Br ia
h
a
ss
Ru
60
% Ever read
0
Consuming content: RSS
Subscribing to an RSS feed – Waves 1-3
“Thinking about using the Internet, which of the following have you ever done?” – “Subscribe to an RSS feed” Active Internet Users
ly
Ita
an ubs
S
%
3
Subscribing RSS – impact versus total population 3
Universe Sizes versus total 16-54 population
%
% %
Ita nd 5% 6.4
Sw 2.2 0. .3%
Sp g K .3% .2%
Ta th K 8% 4%
.5 .9
it % 4%
rk y 3 .3%
21 18
u 4. 4.
la 6. lic
1 y1 0
s 8 %
ee 5. %
on 2 2
ili .2 %
Ch ey 3 .6%
et .2 2
H n1 d1
Ru ce 0%
So n 1 g 1
De il 7 2%
Au ce 8.2
Po da ub
Cz sia .3%
U tral .8%
Au 7. 0%
Gr ico 4.4
Ro a 3 %
Ca h R 4%
N 10 10.
Tu gar s 3
Ph a 1 1.1
an ea
M ani %
Ge erla %
U an s
Fr ma %
H ppi %
in .8
rm nd
na ep
st 2%
pa lan
ai on
iw or
m .9
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n .5
ly 7.
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ec 5.
an rk
s 5
ex a
SA ia
di n
Ja zer
In ista
Br ria
25
h
k
K
Pa
4
% Ever subscribe to RSS
20
11
5 6 12
13 14
7 8 15 16
17
9 10 23 China
26
18 33m 27
19
21
24 25
22
28
22
29
The trend in Wave 3 is the continued shift to
uploading and sharing rich multi-media content
and as with blogging, there is a big movement
towards participation. We can also see real
changes in how people consumer content; they
are now watching on demand in greater numbers
than ever. This represents a real shift in media
consumption from passive to personal control.
As the internet becomes more central to living
room media consumption, it will impact the
way we consume television. In the short term it
is commanding more of our time, fuelling duel
media consumption in home (laptop with the TV
on) and changing our relationship with media to
one of being in control.
Power to the people - Social Media Tracker Wave 3
Consuming content: the impact 75
content producers as a core part of their • Develop widgets, applications, services and platforms that create
communications. Social media has impacted a genuine consumer benefit and drives engagement. Provide
consumers with tools to manage their personal
every aspect of the internet and transformed brands online.
the role it plays in our lives.
• Be inventive in connecting with consumers. Integrate it with
The social orientated internet is a massive offline communications and use social media as link or as a
story to communicate.
opportunity for brands, advertisers and
marketers if embraced properly. It enables
a much more positive relationship with
consumers where true benefits
are created.
Participate Connect
• Move away from siloed brand sites: In a world of interlinked • Use social media to create a dialogue with consumers.
platforms and content, the stand alone brand site is not
• Track opinions in the blogosphere.
as engaging.
• Exist inside Social Networks: Create profiles, develop networks
• Think global; consumers are. Media consumption and social
to distribute content and employ advertising and sponsorship to
interaction are moving international, constrained by language not
drive engagement with consumers.
borders. Global brand identities, multi market campaigns and
international structures are all essential. • Allow consumers to interact with your brand: User generated
advertising, branded blogs and ongoing feedback are expected.
• Embrace social platforms as part of your communications mix;
blogging platforms, social networks, video and photo sharing sites
are where consumers spend most time and where the greatest
opportunities for engagement exist.
Think global;
Use social consumers are.
media to create
a dialogue with
consumers.
Moving Forward