{"id":24731,"date":"2024-07-18T11:40:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T11:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobera.com\/?p=24731"},"modified":"2024-07-18T11:40:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T11:40:38","slug":"small-business-social-media-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobera.com\/resources\/small-business-social-media-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Social Media Statistics: Insights and Trends [2026]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Adoption and Usage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>91% of small businesses were active on social media in 2021, up from 86% in 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>63% of small business owners reported social media marketing as effective.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>61% of small businesses dedicate 5 or more hours weekly to social media marketing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>87.7% of US marketers in businesses with fewer than 100 employees use Instagram.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>80% of B2B marketers use LinkedIn to distribute content.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Platform Preferences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"6\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>74% of small businesses prefer Facebook for customer engagement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>66% of Pinterest users buy products after seeing promoted pins.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instagram and TikTok are popular among young consumers, with businesses targeting these demographics.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Content and Strategy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"9\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only 32% of small businesses have a well-defined social media strategy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>94% use organic content for social media marketing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>41.6% incorporate video content into their social media profiles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Many small businesses create their own content to build a unique brand voice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advertising and Budget<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"13\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>35% of small businesses planned to increase social media marketing budgets in 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>76.5% of small-to-medium-sized businesses run ads on social media platforms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Small businesses see a median ROI of 133% from social media advertising.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background-color:#fff9ed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>If you found this article interesting, you might enjoy these too:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>[related_posts_by_tax taxonomies=&#8221;category,post_tag&#8221; 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