Internet Statistics Compendium
Internet Statistics Compendium
Internet Statistics
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2. Advertising ....................................................................... 7
1.1. Internet Advertising .................................................................... 7
1.1.1. Market size and trends ............................................................ 8
3. Content ............................................................................. 9
3.1. Usage and effectiveness .............................................................. 9
3.2. Goals and metrics ...................................................................... 10
7. Ecommerce .....................................................................17
3.3. Market size and trends ............................................................... 17
3.4. Online and mobile banking ........................................................18
9. Mobile ............................................................................ 20
9.1. Market size and demographics ................................................. 20
9.2. SMS ............................................................................................. 21
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11.1. Market size and trends .............................................................. 24
11.2. Social networking ...................................................................... 24
11.2.1. Facebook ................................................................................ 25
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1. About this report
Econsultancy’s Internet Statistics Compendium is a collection of the most recent statistics
and market data publicly available on online marketing, ecommerce, the internet and
related digital media. The report is a one-stop shop for internet stats to help you quickly
track down the latest data.
The compendium is available as 11 main reports, split across digital marketing topics:
Each document contains statistics divided into the following regions (where statistics from
that area are available):
Global
UK
North America
Asia
Australia and New Zealand
Europe
Latin America
MENA
Those looking for B2B-specific data should consult our B2B Internet Statistics
Compendium.
The information contained – including charts and graphs – is taken both from proprietary
Econsultancy data and from third party sources, credited throughout the document and in
the acknowledgements at the end of each report.
If there is data that you feel is inaccurate, missing, or incorrectly credited then please get in
touch with Econsultancy’s Research Director Linus Gregoriadis: linus@econsultancy.com
or phone +44 (0)20 7269 1450. Likewise, if you would like to contribute data or research
then contact us.
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1.1. About Econsultancy
Econsultancy’s mission is to help its customers achieve excellence in digital business, marketing
and ecommerce through research, training and events.
Founded in 1999, Econsultancy has offices in New York, London and Singapore.
Econsultancy is used by over 600,000 professionals every month. Subscribers get access to
research, market data, best practice guides, case studies and elearning – all focused on helping
individuals and enterprises get better at digital.
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2. Advertising
2.1. Internet Advertising
42% of global ad planning ad buying is based on first party data. [Source: Econsultancy /
Rubicon, September 2013]
The global digital advertising industry is set to waste up to £6.04bn ($9.5bn / €7.17bn) in
2013 advertising to bots. [Source: Solve Media, September 2013]
54% of online ads are not viewed. [Source: AdAge, via Marketing Charts, June 2013]
68% of US consumers find online ads annoying. [Source: Adobe, June 2013]
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For luxury brand advertisers, context and targeting are the most important criteria for
selecting media on which to run online ads. [Source: Martini Media, August 2012]
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3. Content
3.1. Usage and effectiveness
74% of 'mainstream' global enterprise marketers see their senior leadership believe content
based 'inbound' marketing being the majority media mix in the near to medium future.
[Source: Econsultancy/Epsilon, September 2014]
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Top 10 global brands for content marketing. [Source: LinkedIn, July 2014]
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4. Customer Experience
28% of global digital companies strongly agree they try to differentiate through customer
experience. [Source: Econsultancy/Adobe, January 2015]
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Strategy is the key building block for global digital companies to build brilliant customer
experience. [Source: Econsultancy/Adobe, January 2015]
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5. Data and Analytics
5.1. Market size and trends
73% of companies from selected global markets who work with data use websites to collect it.
[Source: Experian, January 2015]
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Key reasons companies from selected global markets maintain high quality data. [Source:
Experian, January 2015]
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6. Demographics and Technology
Adoption
6.1. Usage and Demographics
6.1.1. Global reach / penetration of interactive services
In East Asia, the internet reaches 51% of the population. [Source: We Are Social, January
2015]
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6.1.2. Overall media consumption figures
Globally, search engines are more trusted than traditional media sources. [Source: Edelman,
January 2015]
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7. Ecommerce
7.1. Market size and trends
Globally, the most popular time to buy online (from sites on the Shopify platform) is
weekdays between 12-2pm and on Sunday evenings. [Source: Shopify, January 2015]
Each online shopper in the UK is expected to spend £1,174 on average during 2015. [Source:
RetailMeNot, via Econsultancy, January 2015]
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7.2. Online and mobile banking
Kenya leads global regions for mobile banking use. [Source: MEF, January 2014]
18% of US internet users go online to use online banking services every day. [Source: World
Internet Project, December 2013]
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8. Email and eCRM
8.1. Market size and trends
More than 42% of marketers from selected global markets who use email marketing intend to
increase spend on triggered/transactional programs in 2015. [Source: StrongView, December
2014]
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9. Mobile
9.1. Market size and demographics
Samsung accounts for 26.6% of the global smartphone market share. [Source: Trendforce,
January 2015]
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9.2. SMS
In the US, 983bn mobile messages were sent in 2013. [Source: Ofcom, December 2014]
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10. Search
10.1. Overall market figures
Globally, Google accounts for more than 88% of search engine market share (desktop only).
[Source: StatCounter, February 2015]
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10.2. Natural search / SEO / organic search
Increasing lead generation is the most popular objective for SEO strategy among enterprise-
level SEMs across selected global markets. [Source: Conductor, November 2014]
72% of enterprise-level SEMs across selected global markets believe their SEO is successful.
[Source: Conductor, November 2014]
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11. Social Media
11.1. Market size and trends
Facebook accounts for 43% of the social login market. [Source: Janrain, January 2015]
During 2014, social sharing on mobile devices increased by 28%. [Source: ShareThis, January
2015]
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11.2. Social networking
11.2.1. Facebook
During December 2014, global organic Facebook post impressions on brand pages were down
-32% year-on-year. [Source: Adobe, January 2015]
During Q4 2014, global organic Facebook (text-only) post impressions on brand pages were
down -60% year-on-year. [Source: Adobe, January 2015]
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12. Strategy and Operations
61% of global CEOs see more growth opportunities than there were three years ago. [Source:
PwC, January 2015]
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13. Acknowledgements
Econsultancy would like to thank the following organisations and individuals for information
included in all our Internet Statistics documents:
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Blogher BuzzCity Click 4.0 Crowdsourcing.org
British Retail Consortium China E-commerce Association Constant Contact Demand Gen
China E-commerce Research
BRMB Centre Contact MC Demandbase
China Internet Network Content + Technology
Bronto Information Center magazine Destination Analysts
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DMA eGovernment News Essential Research GetResponse
Edgerank Checker Entertainment Media Research Fresh Business Thinking Gulf News
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House of Kaizen Infogroup IronPort Linkable Networks
ICQ Inside Retail J.D. Power & Associates London Business School
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MarketingVox Microsoft National Sales Association NTC Research
Media Economics Group Mobile Data Association NetIQ Online Publishers Association
Merchant Risk Council Monash University Nielsen Entertainment Our Mobile Planet
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Paypal PowerRetail Regus Sento Corp
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Snow Valley Stickyeyes The Conference Board TradeDoubler
Social Media Examiner Strategy Analytics The Creative Group Travel 2.0
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Verisign Wael Ghonim Wikimedia Foundation Yankee Group
If you feel any individual statistics have been inappropriately or inaccurately reproduced, or if you
would like your organisation and data added / removed from the compendium, please contact
Linus Gregoriadis, email: linus@econsultancy.com.
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