C’est via un twitt de Geoffroi Garon [2], qui pointe sur le blogue Trendspotting.com [3] qui lui-même identifie une étude de Universal McCann [4], que je prends connaissance de Power to the people, Social media tracker, Wave.3 [5] (PDF)
Social media is a global phenomenon happening in all markets regardless of wider economic, social and cultural development. If you are online you are using social media
• Asian markets are leading in terms of participation, creating more content than any other region
• All social media platforms have grown significantly over the three Waves
– Video Clips are the quickest growing platform, up from 31% penetration in Wave 1 to 83% in Wave 3
• 57% have joined a Social Network, making it the number one platform for creating and sharing content
– 55% of users have uploaded photos
– 22% of users have uploaded videos
• The widget economy is real
– 23% of social network users have installed an application
– 18% of bloggers have installed applications in their blog templates
• Blogs are a mainstream media world-wide and as a collective rival any traditional media
– 73% have read a blog
• The blogsphere is becoming increasingly participatory, now 184m bloggers world-wide
– The number one thing to blog about is personal life and family
• China has the largest blogging community in the world with 42m bloggers, more than the US and Western Europe combined
• Social media impacts your brand’s reputation
– 34% post opinions about products and brands on their blog
– 36% think more positively about companies that have blogs
Donc, quand j’entends dire [6] que des soi-disant spécialistes se promènent pour dire aux gens de relations publiques [7] (nommément un certain Charles-Henry Guillaume que je baptiserais affectueusement « zouf ») (qui accusent déjà en retard impressionnant dans la compréhension et l’utilisation des médias sociaux dans leur pratique) que les blogues sont morts. Ça me fait rire d’un rire gras et ça me désole que les gens de relations publiques soient assez naïfs pour croire de telles âneries.
MAJ
Je n’ai pas entendu monsieur Charles-Henry Guillaume dire ces sottises par moi-même. Cependant, plusieurs sources paniquées m’ont confirmé l’histoire invraisemblable… Peut-être que monsieur Charles-Henry Guillaume viendra ici justifier l’injustifiable?