Let’s play a game.
Here is a list of the Top 20 celebrities in 2016 who use social media on a regular basis. If you had to guess who would be the most followed person on Instagram, who would you choose?
Possible Celebrities:
Twitter has finally answered many marketing professionals prayers by editing their 140 character limit restriction on their messaging service. The company will no longer count pictures, videos or links as part of the message.
(Currently links, images and videos take up 23 characters from the 140 characters)
This will allow users to create a stronger message that will hopefully connect with their followers.
Twitter’s Chief Executive Officer, Jack Dorsey, said that the company will release the new changes in the next couple of weeks and that the new change is, “a step in a larger plan to give users more flexibility on the site.”
Bloomberg Video – Twitter New Character Limit Change:
Top Social Media Networks w/ the most active users
This statista report shows the most popular social media networks worldwide as of April 2016, ranked by number of active accounts.
Market leader, Facebook, was the first social network to surpass 1 billion registered accounts and currently sits at 1.59 billion monthly active users.
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