Mobile Social Networking User Snapshot

Analysis of Online and Mobile Social Networking Consumer Adoption

This Research Brief is part of the Consumer Video Technologies Research Service


In a survey conducted by ABI Research in Q208, 500 users of online social networks were asked a variety of questions relating to their perceptions of mobile social networking – that is, accessing social networks via a phone or smartphone. The survey results provide an insightful snapshot of current attitudes and perceptions relating to the mobile social networking landscape, as well as a few counterintuitive results. Participants in the survey were asked how they had accessed social networks: via a PC, a mobile phone, or both. The majority of respondents had only ever visited social networks via a computer. However, 45% of respondents had visited a social network from both a computer and a mobile phone. Just 1% had visited a social network via a mobile phone only, which is hardly surprising given that the survey was of a panel of online social network users. This Research Brief presents the results of this survey and analyzes social networking consumers’ usage of online and mobile access to social communities.




Section 1.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 Online Social Network Popularity
1.2 Access to Social Networks - PC or Mobile Phone?
1.3 Motivation for (Mobile?) Social Network Usage
1.4 Mobile Social Network Awareness and Usage
1.5 Mobile Social Network Access
1.6 The Value of Mobile Social Networks - How Much Are Users Prepared To Pay?
1.7 Friction to Mobile Advertising on Mobile Social Networks
1.8 Mobile-specific Social Networks - Can They Exist?
1.9 Do You Love Your Mobile Social Network Enough To Churn?

Charts
  • Which of the following social networks have you visited from a computer?
  • On average, how often do you visit your online social network(s) from a computer or a mobile phone?
  • Which of the following do you do when you use your mobile phone to visit online social networks?
  • Top 21 Social Networks by Awareness and Mobile Usage
  • When you use your mobile phone to visit online social networks, do you access them by clicking on a bookmark/link in the mobile browser or by clicking on a button/icon on the phone’s desktop?
  • How much would you be willing to pay per month to be able to access a social networking site on your mobile phone?
  • How willing would you be to view advertising on your mobile phone if it meant that you could access your favorite social networking site on your mobile phone for free?
  • How important is it that your mobile social networking site is the same as your Internet social networking site?
  • How important is it that your mobile social networking site lets you sync contacts with your Internet social networking site??
  • If your mobile service provider prevented you from accessing your favorite social networking site on your mobile phone, how likely is it that you would move to a new provider?
Report Code: RB-MOCO-119

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Number of Pages: 12
Number of Tables, Charts and Figures: 11
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Release Date: 4Q 2008
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Related Press Releases:2008.10.06