David Correll
Editor and Founder of SocialMediaNews.com.au. I also run a Social Media Agency where I do consulting work and Social Media Management. Connect with me: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook or contact me here. Alternatively, you can send me an email at david@socialmedianews.com.au
Social Media Statistics Australia – May 2015
As per our report last month, social media growth in Australia is slower now as the networks are established and many users are set in their ways. However there has been a standout performer in Australia which is still experiencing significant growth – Instagram. Facebook have recently confirmed that Instagram now has 5 million monthly […]
Read More | SharePinterest Rolls Out Video Ads – Cinematic Pins
Pinterest already has advertising products to reach their approx 47 million monthly users – called Promoted Pins. Today Pinterest has rolled out a totally new advertising product called Cinematic Pings, which is basically video ads. Watch their promo ad to see more information about this new release: This video goes for about 10 minutes and […]
Read More | ShareInstagram Reaches 5 Million Monthly Users In Australia
At a recent event for digital agencies, Facebook/ Instagram have released some new statistics on the number of Australian users. 1. There are now 5 million Australian monthly users on Instagram. 2. This represents 32% growth over the last 12 months. As always, we will post updates each month in our social media statistics report.
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – April 2015
Over 2015 we have seen fairly static growth for most social networks in Australia. Facebook is the only network to consistently report a substantial increase in active users – now with 1.44 billion monthly active users. Their photo application Instagram also continues to see strong growth in Australia. Social Media Statistics Australia – April 2015 […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Reaches 1.44 Billion Monthly Users
According to Facebook’s latest earnings call, their user base is still growing and they now have 1.44 billion monthly users. Facebook have released a number of other stats for us to ponder: 1.25 billion users access the service on their mobile every month 581 million users access Facebook every month soley on their mobile 936 […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Simplifies Messaging & Private Chat With Messenger.com
Facebook is now allowing users to access their Private Messages on a new stand alone website – Messenger.com. Sometime ago we saw Facebook move their private messaging features into stand alone smartphone applications – called Facebook Messenger. They have now gone 1 step further by offering this new browser based messaging option. Messenger.com has a […]
Read More | ShareSocial Media Statistics Australia – March 2015
Today we post our third stats report for the year, looking at the most popular social networks used by Australians over March 2015. Social Media Statistics Australia – March 2015 1. Facebook – 14,000,000 users (up 200,000) 2. YouTube – 13,600,000 UAVs 3. WordPress.com – 6,000,000 4. Tumblr – 4,800,000 5. Instagram – 4,000,000 Monthly […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Offers Privacy Check Up For Public Posts
Lately we have seen Facebook prompting users who share public content in a ‘Privacy Check-Up’. In an effort to make sure users are sharing their updates with the correct audience, Facebook has been prompting users who share Public Content to verify what audience their posts should reach: This is especially useful for younger audiences who […]
Read More | ShareWhatsApp Has Approx 2.4 Million Australian Users
Facebook’s prized messaging app – WhatsApp has approximately 2.4 million active Australian users as of Q4 2014. Over 2015 we no doubt expect to see further growth and will update you with further numbers in our monthly social media statistics. How do we get this figure? Thanks to some interesting data from Statista. According to […]
Read More | ShareInstagram To Introduce Carousel Ads And Clickable Links
Instagram is introducing a new advertising product which will allow advertisers to display carousel ads. Carousel ads are advertisements that allow multiple images to be views, by swiping across the screen. At the end of the ad on the last image, users are then able to click on the ‘Learn More’ link which will redirect […]
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