Facebook & Twitter Most Popular Sharing Services in Ireland

Some interesting statistics from Addthis.com, which is a sharing service website. You’ll notice many websites have a little widget allowing you to share the page via Social Media & Email. AddThis is one of the most popular alongside ShareThis.

Comparisons below are between Ireland, UK & US.

What’s interesting here is the relative high amount of shares via Facebook (37.12%) & Twitter (16.54%) from Ireland when compared to overall averages of Facebook (33.23%) &  Twitter (7.95%).

Email is the third most popular sharing method with 8.91% of Irish visitors choosing this, but compared to an overall average of 16.74% this appears quite low.

Addthis make a number of stats available, including Trends, Services Comparison and Country Comparison and give a good indication of how website visitors are sharing content. It’s important that websites allow their content to be shared easily and these services also enable detailed analytics into how visitors are spreading your content.

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