Time spent on social networks: Tumblr users beat Snapchat and Instagram

Sep 9, 2016 | Social media

Tumblr users spend the longest time on social networking sites (though not necessarily on Tumblr itself) according to new research. The data, from Global Web Index, indicates that Tumblr engagers/contributors stand out strongly here, devoting an average of 3 ¼ hours to social networking and messaging each day. Snapchatters then follow relatively closely behind, spending […]

Tumblr users spend the longest time on social networking sites (though not necessarily on Tumblr itself) according to new research.


The data, from Global Web Index, indicates that Tumblr engagers/contributors stand out strongly here, devoting an average of 3 ¼ hours to social networking and messaging each day.
Snapchatters then follow relatively closely behind, spending 15 minutes longer on social media than their Instagram counterparts, and a whole hour longer than Facebookers, on average.
The age profile of each network’s user-base is clearly having an impact here. It’s long been known that Tumblr and Snapchat can boast young audiences (over 4 in 10 Snapchatters are aged 16-24), while Facebook has a much broader age profile. Generally, younger users tend to be the most enthusiastic users of messaging services and are more likely to be networking via mobiles – factors which equate to a greater amount of time being devoted to social media.
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