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Infographic: Social Media Trends 2018

November 21, 2019

The infographic shares some of the important social media trends 2018 – video is expected to the rule the hearts and minds of consumers on social media with more than 95% of the messages retained by the audience while the small residual percentage will be impacted by text. Also more than 80% of the internet traffic will be attributed to video by the year 2020, with live streaming being touted as the biggest video format to gain prominence next year. Social media trends in 2018 include all this and more.

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