David Cowling
Editor and Founder of SocialMediaNews.com.au. I also run a Social Media Agency where I do consulting work and another blog dedicated to Instagram news. Connect with me: Twitter | LinkedIn | Google + or contact me here. Alternatively, you can send me an email at david@socialmedianews.com.au
Social Media Statistics Australia – June 2017
Today we post our monthly social media report showing the most popular social networking sites in Australia over the June 2017 period. As we come into winter, we see a slight seasonal shift in social media use – as many of us don’t go on holidays like summer-time. Many users spend this time concentrating on […]
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Today we post our monthly statistics report showing the most popular social networking sites in Australia over the May 2017 period. The general measurement we look for is the number of monthly active users, but also include data showing the number of daily active users where available. As we come into the winter months we do […]
Read More | ShareSnapchat Reaches 166 Million Daily Active Users
Snapchat announced during the latest earnings call their Social Networking Photo application has reached 166 million daily active users. Growth wasn’t as strong as investors have hoped, as Snapchat competes with Instagram who often copy their features and now have 700 million monthly users. Still an average user on Snapchat spends over 20 minutes per […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – April 2017
Today we post our monthly statistics report showing the most popular social networking sites in Australia over the April 2017 period. We generally report the number of monthly active users, but also include data showing the number of daily active users where available. Whenever we get time off work, we generally see an uptick in […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – March 2017
Today we post our statistics report showing the most popular social networking sites in Australia over the March 2017 period. We generally report the number of monthly active users, but also include data showing the number of daily active users where available. Over the summer months we generally see an increase in social media […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – February 2017
Today we post our social media report outlining the most popular social network sites in Australia over February 2017. As Australians enjoy the summer months, we see an increase in social media posts as users share updates about holidays, outings, and time with family and friends. As people have time off at this time of year, we […]
Read More | ShareJulian Assange Joins Twitter
Julian Assange, the founder and publisher of WikiLeaks has finally Tweeted from his personal account. Assange actually signed up to Twitter on October 2011 but never sent his first Tweet until February 14, 2017. You can follow Julian Assange on Twitter at @julianassange Whilst Julian is still an Australian Citizen – he has been seeking […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – January 2017
Over the summer months in Australia we generally see an uptick in social media activity as people take time off work and school to enjoy the summer holidays. Selfies at the beach, photos with family and friends and getting outdoors gives us plenty of reason to post more content to social media sites. It is […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Shuts Down Vine
Back in 2012 – Twitter purchased Vine for $30 Million USD as they attempted to work their way into the growing market of short video. Whilst Vine was able to attract many users, Twitter was never really successful in monetising Vine videos and in a way became a technical burden on the company. However larger players such […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – December 2016
Happy New Year. I hope everyone has a nice 2017. Today we post our monthly report showing the most popular social networks in Australia over December 2016. We also recap the year as a whole and highlight the biggest changes to the social media landscape over 2016. The Australian market is now in a mature […]
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