This statistic shows the responses of social media users in the United States in 2014 when asked which social networks they considered to be informative. The survey revealed that
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percent of respondents would describe Pinterest as informative, which was more than Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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Share of social media users who would describe selected networks as informative in the United States as of November 2014
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During the survey, this question was posed as follows: "Please indicate the extent to which each of the following describe Facebook/Twitter/Pinterest/Instagram overall."
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Magid Associates. (December 30, 2014). Share of social media users who would describe selected networks as informative in the United States as of November 2014 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/380257/informative-social-networks-according-to-social-media-users/
Magid Associates. "Share of social media users who would describe selected networks as informative in the United States as of November 2014." Chart. December 30, 2014. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/380257/informative-social-networks-according-to-social-media-users/
Magid Associates. (2014). Share of social media users who would describe selected networks as informative in the United States as of November 2014. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/380257/informative-social-networks-according-to-social-media-users/
Magid Associates. "Share of Social Media Users Who Would Describe Selected Networks as Informative in The United States as of November 2014." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Dec 2014, https://www.statista.com/statistics/380257/informative-social-networks-according-to-social-media-users/
Magid Associates, Share of social media users who would describe selected networks as informative in the United States as of November 2014 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/380257/informative-social-networks-according-to-social-media-users/ (last visited August 13, 2025)
Share of social media users who would describe selected networks as informative in the United States as of November 2014 [Graph], Magid Associates, December 30, 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/380257/informative-social-networks-according-to-social-media-users/
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