People are spending much less time on social media apps: Report

http://www.cnbc.com/ ^ | 6/6/16 | Harriet Taylor

[Enterprise]

People are spending less time on social media apps, in some cases substantially less, a new study from marketing intelligence firm SimilarWeb found.

The company compared Android users' daily time spent on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat from January to March 2016 with the same period in 2015. The firm looked at data from the U.S, UK, Germany, Spain, Australia, India, South Africa, Brazil and Spain.

Facebook's Instagram saw the biggest year-over-year drop — usage was down 23.7 percent this year, closely followed by Twitter (down 23.4 percent), Snapchat (down 15.7 percent) and Facebook (down 8 percent), the study found.

[Enterprise]

I spend no time on any of these. No account. I just do cell phone and Free Republic, and even my cell phone is suspect ASFAIC.

[Blue Jays]

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My time with FreeRepublic has skyrocketed in the past decade or so, though!

[Enterprise]

Ditto.

[umgud]

I don’t do social media on my phone. I do check in to FR many times during the day.

[GOP Poet]

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[doorgunner69]

I only know about Facefarque because my wife uses it. Seems very much an airhead thing from what I can tell. Those other things are unknowns, but no doubt critically important to the millenials.

I see tourists taking pictures of their dinners as they are served in local restaurants. Wife says they immediately upload the pictures to some social media thing.

[gleeaikin]

Aside from two email accounts, most effort goes into FR and personal blog. People invite me to facebook, they say I should Twitter, maybe some day?

[ilovesarah2012]

I don’t believe this. Go out to eat and see for yourself.

[vpintheak]

I am on it primarily as a way to stay in touch with family and friends down in the lower 48. I have very little local friends. I figure if I am friends with them here in Fairbanks, I will spend real face time with them.
For that, it has been really good.

[gunsequalfreedom]

We are just faster at Facebook now. It has replaced my email pretty much

[gunsequalfreedom]

The new Facebook Messenger app they forced everyone to use is absolutely horrible. That sure has reduced my time on Facebook.

[real saxophonist]

Interesting comments here.

Facebook was okay while I was in the hospital, gave me something to do, but beyond that, I just didn't feel like messing with it. Too many idiots.

[Tax-chick]

The company compared Android users' daily time ...

Maybe the people you see are iPhone users.

[WKUHilltopper]

Yeah? I spend ZERO time on them.

[showme_the_Glory]

I cancelled FB and Twitter. I still use LinkedIn, but it’s rapidly becoming another FB.

[ripnbang]

Yep. That is the main reason I don’t really use Facebook any longer. It’s been quite refreshing.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The most hopeful and uplifting news I’ve read in many, many months.

[MortMan]

I only take dinner pictures when it is something that will make my wife or kids jealous. I send the pics via text, though.

Authentic golubki was the last (polish cabbage rolls).

[Undecided 2012]

I wonder how far the numbers fell here on FR since the purging of Cruzers.

[Enterprise]

Only the boss would know for sure.