This statistic shows the online presence or visibility of CEOs in the U.S. in 2016, distinguished by type of social media. It was found that 90 percent of public company CEOs were visible on their company websites, while 59 percent of private company CEOs were found on social networks.
Online presence of CEOs in the United States in 2016, by type of social media
The source audited the online presence of CEOs from the top 50 public U.S. companies in the 2016 Fortune 500 rankings and CEOs from Fortune’s 25 Most Important Private Companies in the U.S. The latter list totals 29 CEOs because some companies have co-CEOs and multiple managing partners.
The platforms, which were audited for the survey, are the company website, company YouTube, external CEO blogs or websites, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Instagram.
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Weber Shandwick. (March 20, 2017). Online presence of CEOs in the United States in 2016, by type of social media [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/693824/online-sociability-of-ceos-in-the-us-by-social-media/
Weber Shandwick. "Online presence of CEOs in the United States in 2016, by type of social media." Chart. March 20, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/693824/online-sociability-of-ceos-in-the-us-by-social-media/
Weber Shandwick. (2017). Online presence of CEOs in the United States in 2016, by type of social media. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/693824/online-sociability-of-ceos-in-the-us-by-social-media/
Weber Shandwick. "Online Presence of Ceos in The United States in 2016, by Type of Social Media." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/693824/online-sociability-of-ceos-in-the-us-by-social-media/
Weber Shandwick, Online presence of CEOs in the United States in 2016, by type of social media Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/693824/online-sociability-of-ceos-in-the-us-by-social-media/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Online presence of CEOs in the United States in 2016, by type of social media [Graph], Weber Shandwick, March 20, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/693824/online-sociability-of-ceos-in-the-us-by-social-media/
