In 2020, marketers can’t afford to ignore mobile.
I can’t overstate how important mobile is in today’s world. We do everything on our phones. We learn, we communicate, we research, and we buy. Your brand needs to be a part of that equation. Your customers expect it.
It’s time for a mobile marketing update. Here’s twenty-five essential statistics that you need to know in 2020.
- People can’t seem to put their phones down. The average American is spending 5.4 hours per day using their mobile device. (Provision Living)
- Mobile users expect quick results. 75% of smartphone users expect immediate information. (Google)
- Want people to recommend your brand? Improve the mobile experience. 89% of people will be more likely to recommend your brand if they have a positive brand experience on their mobile device. (Google)
- Images and videos are key. You’ll find them in more than half (54%) of brand experiences on mobile. (Google)
- Social media has gone mobile. 54.2% of Facebook users access the platform exclusively via a mobile device. (VentureBeat)
- Don’t forget Twitter. 85% of time spent on the platform is all mobile. (Wall Street Journal)
- The majority of time (80%) spent on social media is via mobile. (comScore)
- Mobile web use is dominant. Roughly half of all global web traffic is generated by a mobile device. (Statista)
- In 2020, the top technical SEO tactic marketers are using to improve site performance is optimizing performance for mobile. (HubSpot)
- Unique clicks are 15% higher on websites that are optimized for mobile. (Formstack)
- The majority of people (79%) are more likely to go back to a mobile website that they find easy to use. (Google)
- Speed matters. More than half of all visitors (53%) to mobile websites will actually leave the site if it doesn’t load after only three seconds. (Google)
- Make sure your website works on Google Chrome. It’s the most used mobile internet browser in 2020. (Statista)
- Only taking mobile users into account, YouTube has a greater reach with the 18-34 U.S. audience than any individual TV network. (YouTube)
- Here’s an idea for you. YouTube videos with “ideas” in the title saw a 135% boost in mobile watch time over a two year period. (YouTube)
- Make sure your videos look okay on phones. 78.4% of all digital video is actually being viewed on a mobile device. (eMarketer)
- You need subtitles on your videos. The wide majority (85%) of videos on Facebook are watched without any sound. (American Press Institute)
- About 62% of all email gets opened on a mobile device. (Adestra)
- Attention spans are a bit higher when it comes to email. 66% of mobile emails earn more than eight seconds of reading time. (Litmus)
- Optimize your email for mobile. It’s the second most used tactic that email marketers are using to improve performance. (HubSpot)
- Mobile loyalty is a big deal. 57% of members want to engage with loyalty programs on their mobile devices. (Bond Loyalty Report)
- 37% of customers prefer to access rewards program info through a text message link. (CodeBroker)
- 75% of customers want to receive text offers from brands. (Digital Marketing Magazine)
- Customers who receive text messages are 40% more likely to convert. On top of that, proper use of texting can actually increase conversions by more than 100%. (Velocify)
- People prefer SMS communications because there’s no app download required and it’s easy to opt-in. (eMarketer)
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