This statistic provides a forecast of social media marketing expenditure in the United States from 2014 to 2019. It was projected that the spending would amount to 13.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2017. Entire digital marketing would attract nearly 86 billion in the U.S. in the same year. Search was projected to the the largest branch of digital marketing, followed by display and social only in place three,
Social media marketing spending in the United States from 2014 to 2019
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Forrester Research, & Business 2 Community. (November 12, 2015). Social media marketing spending in the United States from 2014 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/276890/social-media-marketing-expenditure-in-the-united-states/
Forrester Research, und Business 2 Community. "Social media marketing spending in the United States from 2014 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 12, 2015. Statista. Accessed March 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276890/social-media-marketing-expenditure-in-the-united-states/
Forrester Research, Business 2 Community. (2015). Social media marketing spending in the United States from 2014 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/276890/social-media-marketing-expenditure-in-the-united-states/
Forrester Research, and Business 2 Community. "Social Media Marketing Spending in The United States from 2014 to 2019 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Nov 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276890/social-media-marketing-expenditure-in-the-united-states/
Forrester Research & Business 2 Community, Social media marketing spending in the United States from 2014 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/276890/social-media-marketing-expenditure-in-the-united-states/ (last visited March 14, 2025)
Social media marketing spending in the United States from 2014 to 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Forrester Research, & Business 2 Community, November 12, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/276890/social-media-marketing-expenditure-in-the-united-states/
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