48 Verified Digital Marketing Facts and Statistics from Credible Sources (2022)
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Table of Contents
Digital Marketing Facts and Statistics: SEO
- As of December 2021, Google had a market share of 85.55%, followed by Bing with over 7% of the global search market, and Yahoo with 2.85%. (Source: Statista)
- B2B blogs that create educational content receive 52% more organic traffic than those that primarily publish content about their company. (Source: Backlinko)
- More than 50% of marketers stated that keyword rankings and organic traffic are among the top metrics that they use to determine the success of their SEO strategy. (Source: HubSpot)
- In 2021, 69% of marketers invested in SEO. (Source: HubSpot)
- The first five organic results account for 67% of all clicks on the first page of Google search results. (Source: Zero Limit Web)
- 75% of marketers expressed high confidence that SEO was proving effective at helping them achieve their marketing goals. (Source: Hubspot)
- 83% of marketers expressed high confidence that having an optimized website was effective at helping them reach their marketing goals. (Source: HubSpot)
- More than 53% of consumers shared that they considered using a business but changed their minds because the business didn’t have a website. (Source: QuickBooks)
- Mobile accounted for 63% of organic search visits in Q4 of 2021 (Source: Merkle)
Digital Marketing Facts and Statistics: Social Media
- Facebook was the first social network to cross the one billion registered accounts mark and now has more than 2.89 billion monthly active users. (Source: Statista)
- Marketers use social consumer segmentation to help them understand if their social media programs are resonating with the target audience. (Source: Forrester)
- 73% of social media marketers have taken action to set a goal of acquiring new customers.
(Source: Hootsuite)
- Facebook still reigns as the most popular social media network, used by 94% of B2B and B2C marketers. (Source: Statista)
- The primary content distribution channel for marketers is Facebook. (Source: HubSpot)
- 76% of marketers use Instagram (Source: Statista)
- In December 2021, Instagram reached a new milestone of 2 billion global active users. (Source: Statista)
- Instagram is shown to be the second-best performing social media platform for marketers. (Source: HubSpot)
- Instagram also produces the second-highest ROI among social channels for marketers.
(Source: HubSpot)
- 34% of global digital marketing professionals stated that they planned to invest in influencer marketing in 2022. (Source: HubSpot)
- As of 2021, LinkedIn’s global user base is approximately 774.61 million users.
(Source: Statista)
- YouTube has more than 2 billion logged-in monthly users and 500+ hours of content uploaded every single minute. (Source: YouTube)
- TikTok had approximately 205 million downloads in the second quarter of 2021.
(Source: Statista)
- 53.2% of younger generations now turn to social networks to research brands more than search engines. (Source: Hootsuite)
Digital Marketing Facts and Statistics: eCommerce
- 43% of consumers indicated that the quality of product was the
most important factor for them, above price, company values
and customer service. (Source: Qualtrics)
- 72% of professionals in the eCommerce spaces use Facebook for digital marketing.
(Source: Kantar)
- Online holiday sales in 2021 reached $1.14 trillion worldwide. (Source: Salesforce)
- In 2021, e-commerce sales for retail reached ~4.9 trillion U.S. dollars worldwide.
(Source: Statista)
- Searches for “late-night shopping” have increased globally by more than 100% year over year. (Source: Think with Google)
- Amazon reached a net income of $26.31 billion worldwide in 2021.
(Source: Insider Intelligence)
- The use of mobile shopping apps grew by 30% in 2021. (Source: InternetRetailing)
- More than 93% of shoppers recognize now more than ever the importance of supporting small businesses. (Source: QuickBooks)
- More than 53% of consumers shared they considered using a business but changed their minds because the business did not have a website. (Source: QuickBooks)
Digital Marketing Facts and Statistics: Content
- 51% of B2B blogs use their blog home-base for all of their content
(both company-focused and educational). (Source: Backlinko)
- 48% of companies with a content marketing strategy blog regularly. (Source: HubSpot)
- 56% of marketers who blog state that it’s effective and 10% revealed that it has proven to yield the biggest return on investment. (Source: HubSpot)
- 82% of marketers are actively using content marketing. (Source: HubSpot)
- 45% of marketers have already incorporated infographics in their internet marketing strategy, while 38% stated that they plan to leverage it for the first time in 2022. (Source: HubSpot)
- Two-thirds of marketers say they expect to increase their Content Marketing budget in 2022 (Source: Content Marketing Institute)
- 86% of businesses are using video as a marketing tool. (Source: Wyzowl)
- 53% of company professionals who leverage content marketing found “podcasts or other types of audio content” to be effective when it comes to brand awareness and engagement.
(Source: HubSpot)
- YouTube has more than 500 hours of content uploaded every minute. (Source: YouTube)
Digital Marketing Facts and Statistics: Advertising
- In 2021, mobile global ad spend reached a whopping $295 billion. (Source: Data.ai)
- In 2021, spending on search advertising amounted to 144.8 billion U.S. dollars worldwide. (Source: Statista)
- In 2021, Google’s ad revenue was 209.49 billion U.S. dollars. (Source: Alphabet Inc.)
- For paid search, 70% of Google Search Clicks came from phones. (Source: Merkle)
- Sponsored products spend on Amazon grew to 68% in Q4 of 2021 (Source: Merkle)
- Facebook Ads spending grew 7% Y/Y with lower CPM (Source: Merkle)
Keep in mind that some percentages quoted in these internet marketing statistics are based on the percentage of an individual study, not necessarily overall.
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