Australians - the stats on our internet and social media usage

10 April 2015
Australians - the stats on our internet and social media usage
David Murton

Australian Facebook Statistics

(Please note: With the statistics related to the 3 Most Liked Brands, we source this information from Socialbakers - based on Brands and their Australian Facebook fans only. We then prioritise the Australian arms of a brand if a brand appears more than once in the top 3 - e.g. we show the numbers for the McDonald's Australia page, not the American McDonald's page. If ever you notice a sudden fluctuation in numbers, keep in mind we're basing this simply off what Socialbakers reports at the time. These statistics are available to anyone with a Facebook account.)

Total Users:
  • 14,000,000 (up 200,000)
Penetration of Population:
  • 60.53%
Gender Split (M/F):
  • 47%/53%
Largest Age Segment:
  • 25-34 (26.3%)
3 Most Liked Brands
  1. McDonald's Australia (1,104,239)
  2. Samsung Australia (921,280)
  3. Skittles (914,044)

 

Australian Social Media Statistics (Other)

Twitter: 2,791,300 users
LinkedIn: 3,400,000 users (up 100,000)
Google+: 60,000 users
Pinterest: 350,000 users
Tumblr: 4,800,000 users (up 100,000)
Stumble Upon: 50,000 users
Myspace: 120,000 users
Instagram: 4,000,000 users

 

Australian Desktop Internet Browsers (% Market Share)

Chrome: 46.79%
Internet Explorer: 25.54%
Firefox:  15.13%
Safari: 10.98%

 

Australian Search Engines - All Devices (% Market Share)

Google: 93.6%
All the rest: 6.4%

 

Australian Mobile Operating Systems (% Market Share)

iOS: 57.89%
Android: 39.41%
Windows Phone: 1.86%
All the rest: 0.84%

 

Australian Mobile Browsers (% Market Share)

iPhone: 53.64%
Chrome: 30.07%
Android: 10.78%
All the rest: 5.51%

 

Mobile Internet vs Desktop Internet Usage

Desktop: 72.49%
Mobile: 27.51%

 

* Statistics are current at time of publishing
** Statistics sourced from:

  • http://gs.statcounter.com
  • http://www.socialbakers.com
  • http://www.socialmedianews.com.au

 

 

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