65% Of Smartphone Owners Use Social Media Notification Alerts [STUDY]

65% Of Smartphone Owners Use Social Media Notification Alerts [STUDY]

Do you use push notifications for social media alerts on your smartphone?

If so, you’re far from alone – 65 percent of U.S. smartphone owners use push notifications for social alerts, reports eMarketer, citing data from Mobile Posse.

Social media alerts were the fifth most popular in the poll, behind missed calls (92 percent), texts (88 percent), email (81 percent) and mobile app updates (67 percent).

65% Of Smartphone Owners Use Social Media Notification Alerts [STUDY]

I find this statistic really surprising, and here’s why: I don’t use any social media push notifications on my phone.

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