This statistic presents the most common reasons as to why U.S. online users share life milestones on social media. According to the September 2017 findings, 54 percent of respondents stated that their reason for sharing life milestones on social media was due to wanting to invite their network to celebrate the milestone, while 43 percent reported to wanting to inform their network of such events.
Reasons online users in the United States share life milestones on social media as of September 2017
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Sprout Social. (November 7, 2017). Reasons online users in the United States share life milestones on social media as of September 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 31, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/810140/us-consumers-reasons-sharing-life-milestones-social-media/
Sprout Social. "Reasons online users in the United States share life milestones on social media as of September 2017." Chart. November 7, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/810140/us-consumers-reasons-sharing-life-milestones-social-media/
Sprout Social. (2017). Reasons online users in the United States share life milestones on social media as of September 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/810140/us-consumers-reasons-sharing-life-milestones-social-media/
Sprout Social. "Reasons Online Users in The United States Share Life Milestones on Social Media as of September 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/810140/us-consumers-reasons-sharing-life-milestones-social-media/
Sprout Social, Reasons online users in the United States share life milestones on social media as of September 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/810140/us-consumers-reasons-sharing-life-milestones-social-media/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Reasons online users in the United States share life milestones on social media as of September 2017 [Graph], Sprout Social, November 7, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/810140/us-consumers-reasons-sharing-life-milestones-social-media/
