23 Mobile Marketing Stats You Need to Know
It appears that with the rise in mobile spending and interest it is going beyond just a fad. Right now if you haven’t taken mobile marketing seriously it can be a bit overwhelming. Based on some of the following stats help you understand just how important it is and and that you want to add it to your priority list for the rest of this year!
23 Mobile Marketing Statistics That Make A Difference
The State of the Mobile Union
1) 1.08 of the world’s 4 billion mobile phones are smartphones. 3.05 billion are SMS enabled. (Source: Microsoft Tag) Tweet This Stat!
2) Mobile internet usage is projected to overtake desktop internet usage by 2014. (Source: Microsoft Tag) Tweet This Stat!
3) Apple and Android represent more than 75% of the smartphone market. (Source: comScore) Tweet This Stat!
Mobile Optimization
4) 74% of consumers will wait 5 seconds for a web page to load on their mobile device before abandoning the site. (Source: Gomez) Tweet This Stat!
5) 46% of consumers are unlikely to return to a mobile site if it didn’t work properly during their last visit. (Source: Gomez) Tweet This Stat!
6) 71% of mobile browsers expect web pages to load almost as quickly or faster as web pages on their desktop computers. (Source: Gomez) Tweet This Stat!
Mobile Search
7) 7.96% of all web traffic in the U.S. is mobile traffic. That number skyrockets to 14.85% in Africa, and 17.84% in Asia — up 192.5% since 2010. (Source: Pingdom) Tweet This Stat!
8) One half of all local searches are performed on mobile devices. (Source: Microsoft Tag) Tweet This Stat!
9) Mentioning a location in mobile ads and search results can increase click-through rates up to 200%. (Source: ThinkNear) Tweet This Stat!
Mobile Commerce
10) Only 19% of US retailers have an M-Commerce app. (Source: eMarketer) Tweet This Stat!
11) That might be okay, since only 4% of consumers prefer to shop via an app. (Source: eMarketer) Tweet This Stat!
12) 24% of US tablet owners use their tablets to shop 2-3 times per month; 20% use them to shop more than once per week; and 12% use them to shop every day! (Source: eMarketer) Tweet This Stat!
13) 29% of mobile users are open to scanning a mobile tag to get coupons. (Source: Microsoft Tag) Tweet This Stat!
14) 1 in 5 smartphone users scan product barcodes, and nearly 1 in 8 compare prices on their phone while in a store. (Source: comScore) Tweet This Stat!
15) 39% of instances where a consumer walks out of a store without buying were influenced by smartphones. (Source: Motorola Solutions) Tweet This Stat!
Mobile Social Media
16) 91% of mobile internet access is for social activities, versus just 79% on desktops. (Source: Microsoft Tag) Tweet This Stat!
17) Over 1/3 of Facebook’s users access Facebook Mobile; 50% of Twitter’s users use Twitter Mobile. (Source: Microsoft Tag) Tweet This Stat!
18) QR code scans increased 300% in 2011 compared to 2010. (Source: ScanLife) Tweet This Stat!
Mobile Email Marketing
19) If all US mobile internet time was condensed into an hour, 25 minutes of it would be spent on email. (Source: Return Path) Tweet This Stat!
20) The entertainment, finance, publishing, and social networking industries see above average mobile email views compared to other industries. (Source: Return Path) Tweet This Stat!
21) From April to September in 2011, mobile email opens increased 34%, while webmail and PC opens decreased by 11% and 9.5%, respectively. (Source: Return Path) Tweet This Stat!
22) iPad users are loving it for email — there’s been a 73% increase in opens on those skinny little things. (Source: Return Path) Tweet This Stat!
23) Mobile email readership is at its peak on Saturday, and at its lowest on Monday. (Source: Marketing Technology Blog) Tweet This Stat!
Has the growth of mobile caused you to invest more in your mobile marketing strategy yet?
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