A supplemental post to 101 Digital Marketing & Fundraising Best Practices for Nonprofits, the statistics listed below can guide your nonprofit in creating and maintaining a successful social media strategy.
- Facebook has 3.05 billion monthly active users of which 65% access the site daily and spend an average of 40 minutes per day on the platform. [HootSuite]
- By 2027, Facebook will reach 75% of the world’s population and is currently the world’s third most trafficked website after Google and YouTube. [Similarweb]
- 61.7% of its users worldwide are millennials and Gen Z. [Statista]
- 96% of nonprofits use Facebook Pages. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- On average, posts reach 1.4% of their followers on Facebook. [Social Status]
- Nonprofits post an average of 5.95 times per week to their Facebook Page. [Rival IQ Social Media Industry Benchmark Report]
- Nonprofits have an average engagement rate of 0.066% on Facebook. [Rival IQ Social Media Industry Benchmark Report]
- 53% of nonprofits spend on social media advertising. Of those that spend on social media ads, 98% spend on Facebook. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- Facebook/Meta has an average cost per lead of $4.44 compared to $49.28 on TikTok. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- Facebook/Meta results in an average return on ad spend (ROAS) of $0.48 for fundraising ads compared to $0.17 on TikTok. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- The average cost per donation via Facebook Ads/Meta is $117 compared to $668 on TikTok. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- For every 1,000 email addresses, nonprofits have an average of 1,041 Facebook fans. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- 37% of nonprofits use Facebook Fundraising Tools. 35% of nonprofits raised more money than they expected while 23% raised less. 32% raised what they expected. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- 97% of all Facebook fundraising revenue is donated through Facebook Fundraisers. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- Facebook fundraisers who are thanked by nonprofits during the fundraising campaign raise 35% more than those who are not. [Give Panel]
- 22% of nonprofits utilize UTM codes to monitor website traffic from Facebook/social media. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- LinkedIn has 1 billion registered users of which 48% are monthly active users and 16% are daily active users. Monthly users spend an average of 17 minutes per month on LinkedIn. [The Social Shepherd]
- 44% of U.S. adults who use LinkedIn earn over $75,000 a year and 51% have a college degree. [Sprinklr]
- 47% of LinkedIn users are millennials, 29% are Gen X, 15% are Gen Z, and 10% are baby boomers. [HootSuite]
- There are 2.2 million nonprofits on LinkedIn and 22 million nonprofit professionals. [LinkedIn]
- 27% of nonprofits worldwide have an official policy to allow staff to work on their LinkedIn Profiles during work hours. [Global NGO Technology Report]
- 49% of nonprofits use LinkedIn Pages. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- 68% of nonprofits post less than once weekly, 15% post once weekly, 8% post once every other day, 6% post once daily, and 3% post twice or more daily. [Global NGO Technology Report]
- On average, posts reach 2.5% of their followers on LinkedIn. [Social Status]
- Nonprofits have an average engagement rate of 1.91% on LinkedIn. [HootSuite Social Media Trends Report]
- 53% of nonprofits spend on social media advertising. Of those that spend on social media ads, 17% spend on LinkedIn. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- For every 1,000 email addresses, nonprofits have an average of 58 LinkedIn followers. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- 42% of US donors use LinkedIn to research nonprofits to support and 26% discover donation opportunities on LinkedIn. [Classy]
- Instagram has 2 billion monthly active users of which 500 million access the site daily and spend an average of 24 minutes per day on the platform. [Backlinko]
- 62% of Instagram users are between the ages of 18 to 34. [Backlinko]
- 73% of nonprofits worldwide use Instagram. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- On average, posts reach 15.3% of their followers on Instagram. [Social Status]
- Nonprofits post an average of 4.9 times per week to their Instagram account. [Rival IQ Social Media Industry Benchmark Report]
- Nonprofits have an average engagement rate of 0.623% on Instagram. [Rival IQ Social Media Industry Benchmark Report]
- 53% of nonprofits spend on social media advertising. Of those that spend on social media ads, 47% spend on Instagram. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- For every 1,000 email addresses, nonprofits have an average of 251 Instagram followers. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- 13% of nonprofits use Instagram Fundraising Tools. 10% of nonprofits raised more money than they expected from Instagram Fundraising Tools while 57% raised less. 33% raised what they expected. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- Instagram is the most commonly used platform for nonprofit influencer campaigns. Of those nonprofits that engage in influencer campaigns, 94% work with influencers on Instagram. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
Threads
- Threads reached 100 million active users in 4 days – faster than any app in history – 12X times faster than ChatGPT and 55X faster than TikTok. [Backlinko]
- Threads has 320 million users and 100 million monthly active users. [Backlinko]
- 62% of nonprofits active on X have started building a presence on other emerging platforms. Of those, 90% are experimenting with Threads, 15% with BlueSky, 13% with Mastodon, and 10% with Discord. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- 90% of Threads users are based in the US. [SEO.AI]
Bluesky
- Bluesky has 30 million monthly active users. [Bluesky]
- In the US and UK, Bluesky app has around 3.5 million daily active users. [Backlinko]
- The countries with the highest number of Bluesky users are the United States, Japan, and Brazil. [Backlinko]
- 62% of Bluesky users are male and 63% are between the ages of 18 and 34. [Exploding Topics]
X
- X has 368 monthly monthly active users and 121 million daily active users. [Backlinko]
- 61% of X users are male and 58% of X users are between the ages of 18 to 34. [Backlinko]
- 59% of nonprofits worldwide use X. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- Nonprofits have an average engagement rate of 0.03% on X. [Social Status]
- 53% of nonprofits spend on social media advertising. Of those that spend on social media ads, 17% spend on X. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- For every 1,000 email addresses, nonprofits have an average of 527 Instagram followers. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- 13% of nonprofits with active X accounts are planning to leave the platform or sunset the account in some way. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
TikTok
- TikTok has one billion monthly active users that spend a global average of 95 minutes per day on the platform. [Backlinko]
- 55% of TikTok users are female and 55% are between the ages of 18 to 34. [Backlinko]
- 27% of nonprofits worldwide use TikTok and has an engagement rate of 7.5%. [HootSuite]
- For every 1,000 email addresses, nonprofits have an average of 36 TikTok followers. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- 53% of nonprofits spend on social media advertising. Of those that spend on social media ads, 1% spend on TikTok. [Nonprofit Tech for Good Report]
- TikTok has an average cost per lead of $49.28 compared to $4.44 for Meta platforms. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- TikTok results in an average return on ad spend (ROAS) of $0.17 for fundraising ads compared to $0.48 for Meta platforms. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
- The average cost per donation via TikTok is $668 compared to $117 on for Meta platforms. [M+R Benchmarks Report]
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