Generations
Social Media Facts
Museums
Museums & social media
100

Instagram's leading generation user is _____

Millennials (71%)

100

Every user on average has approximately ___ social media accounts.

8 social media accounts

100

True or false? In 2018 More people visited an art museum, science center, historic house or site, zoo, or aquarium in 2018 than attended a professional sporting event.

TRUE

100

What percentage of museums increased their social media activities after the COVID-19 lockdown? 

- 18%

- 37%

- 78%

- 53%

53%

200

What is the most common way Millennials use social media:

communicate with family, friends and acquaintances

To kill time

To learn about new trends

To get breaking news.

Communicate with family, friends and acquaintances (61%)

200

How many users are active on social media?

- 1 Million

- 1.5 Billion

- 3.5 Billion 

- 500 Million

3.5 Billion

200

How much do museums contribute to the U.S economy each year?

- $10 Million

- $1 Billion

- $50 Billion

- $150 Million


$50 Billion

200

What percent of museums involved in the survey claimed to have started offering digital live events after the lockdown?

- 18%

- 26.5%

- 40%

- 39.5% 

26.5%

300
What percent of Gen Z use social media?

- 67%

- 89%

- 94%

- 53%

Approximately 94%!

300

How often are social media accounts created?

- Every 6.4 seconds

- Every 14.7 seconds

- Every 30.5 seconds

- 46.8 seconds

Every 6.4 seconds

300

What percentage of leisure travelers participate in cultural or heritage activities such as visiting museums?

- 37%

- 78%

- 66%

- 19%


66%

300

What percentage of museums have dedicated part-time staff members for digital activities?

- 32%

- 87%

- 54%

- 61%

61%

400

What percentage of Gen X use Facebook?

- 67%

- 36%

- 79%

- 95%

95%

400

On average how many minutes are spent on social media every day?

- 68 minutes

- 142 minutes

- 119 minutes

- 224 minutes

- 142 minutes (2 hours and 22 minutes)

400

What museum has the largest social media following?

- New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York 

- The Museum of Modern Art in New York  

- The Musée du Louvre in Paris 

- Van Gogh Museum 


Museum of Modern Art (12.4 million followers)

400

What percentage of museums intend to work with analytics for social media?

- 14%

- 26%

- 34%

- 48%

34%