PPB December 2018

Techno l ogy Social Media Stats To Know Home Smart Home By 2020, the global smart home market is projected to surpass $ 40 billion 47 % of Millennials own smart home products 57 % of Americans say smart products in their homes save them 30 minutes per day 45 % of Americans say smart home devices save them an average of $1,179 annually 70 % of consumers say buying one connected product made them more likely to buy another Source: Alarms.org 26 % of people feel guilty if they don’t promptly respond to work-related messages outside of normal work hours 66 % of people take their mobile devices to work instead of their lunch Source: TIME Digital Detox In 2017, more people made a New Year’s resolution to quit social media than to stop smoking, according to a story in Harper’s Bazaar . Technology Takeaways at Work Sources: Hootsuite; Pew Research In 2019, social media marketing in the U.S. is expected to expand to $ 17.3 billion APPROXIMATELY 2/3 making it the most popular social channel The typical American uses THREE OF THE EIGHT MAJOR social media platforms The average American spends about TWO HOURS A DAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA 11 NEW PEOPLE begin using social media EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY 3.1 billion people use social media, up 13% from 2017 OF AMERICANS USE FACEBOOK, MORE THAN | DECEMBER 2018 | 47 GROW