Source: Return Path [download page] Notes: Some 21% of permissioned emails from legitimate senders around the world failed to reach the inbox during the year-long period from May 2014 to April 2015, up from 17% during the previous year-long period, according to Return...
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How Prevalent is Ad Blocking?
Globally, the number of internet users who use ad blocking software grew by 41% year-over-year in Q2 and reached 198 million in June, according to a recent study [pdf] from Adobe and PageFair, which pegs the economic toll of this activity at $11.7 billion globally...
Top-Indexing YouTube Video Categories Among Mothers
Source: Compete Notes: Mothers are avid viewers of YouTube videos, being slightly more likely than the overall internet browsing population to visit YouTube on a monthly basis, according to data from Compete. While music (26%) videos capture the greatest share of...
iOS App Push Notification Opt-in Benchmarks, by Industry, in 2014
Source: Urban Airship Notes: Mobile applications examined by Urban Airship across 15 industries had a median push notification opt-in rate of 42% in 2014, according to an analysis of almost 3,000 apps and 100 billion push notifications sent to to more than 500 million...
Form Conversion Rates: What’s Working?
Form conversion rates continue to depend more on the type of form being used than the number of fields in the form, reports Formstack [download page] in its second annual "Form Conversion" study. This year's study adds lead generation forms (such as those used for...
What Motivates Americans to Engage in Digital Activism?
Among Americans who made a donation in the past 12 months, more gave online (27%) than via regular mail (23%), while about 1 in 1 donated via their mobile device, finds Cone Communications in a new study [pdf]. But donations aren't the only form of digital activism:...
Weekend Reading, 10/17/14
With the TV industry rocked by big news in successive days this week (standalone streaming services planned by HBO and CBS), it's well worth taking a look at what content is most important to pay-TV subscribers. According to a recently-released study [download page]...
Top 10 Marketing Charts of the Month – September 2014
This month's quick-hit set of top charts includes the following topics: youth and TV; Millennials' word-of-mouth, top-rated brand attributes, and content sharing channels; digital's impact on the path to purchase and most effective tactics; top search ranking factors;...
Most Influential Company Communications Surrounding Positive Societal Impact
Source: Vanessa DiMauro and Don Bulmer in conjunction with The Society For New Communications Research Notes: Consumers' purchase decisions are influenced far more by communications that show that a company takes care of its employees than they are by messaging about...
Twitter Engagement Rates: Which Post Times Are Best?
What's the best time of day, day of the week, and month of the year to tweet? ExactTarget has some answers in a new report [download page] based off more than 3.6 million tweets sent through its platform by companies in 15 industries. The analysis looks at post...
Who Are America’s Affluents, And What Are Their Top Spending Categories?
Some 67.5 million American adults live in a household with annual income of at least $100,000 ("affluents"), a 5 million (or 8%) increase from last year, details Ipsos in its latest annual study of the affluent population. As such, 28% of the adult population can be...
1 in 6 Commercial Emails Fail to Reach the Inbox. Which Industries Fare Best?
Some 17% of permissioned emails from legitimate senders around the world failed to reach the inbox during the year-long period from May 2013 to April 2014, with 11% classified as missing and 6% ending up in spam folders, details Return Path in its "Inbox Placement...
The Changing Motivations for Social Media Use Among Gen Zers Worldwide
Messaging seems to be on the rise, while searches for funny and entertaining content have declined on various platforms.
Brand Reputation Is More Important Than Price, Almost Half of US Consumers Say
Gen Zers are less likely than older adults to say that various factors are more important than price in their purchase decisions.
How Much Time Are Adults Spending with Media?
TV time accounted for almost half (46.6% share) of total media time for all adults, but only around a third of time for younger adults.
Global Sponsorship Spending Set For Faster Rise This Year Than Last
Sponsorship spending worldwide is expected to grow by 4.9% this year to $65.8 billion, according to the 33rd annual...
Cost per Lead (CPL) Benchmarks, by Industry, Revenue and Company Size
HubSpot recently released a "2017 Demand Generation Benchmarks Report" [download page] focused on a variety of KPIs...
How Active Are Brands on Snapchat?
Snapchat has been in the news quite a lot recently and apparently was the subject of an acquisition bid from Google....