European digital trends-shifting_consumption_habits
1. Owen West
European Digital Trends - Shifting Consumption
Habits
Owen West
EU Business Development Director
owest@comscore.com
Gulltaggen 2012
2. Discussion Topics
A Brief Introduction to comScore
Key Trends in Global Internet Behaviour;
• How communication is redefined by social media
• How online video is now established and the shift to long form content
• Growing mobile media consumption allows for new consumer engagement
opportunities
• E-Commerce and M-Commerce are on the rise despite the backdrop of
continued economic uncertainty
• Digital advertising enters era of increased accountability as brand budgets
continue to shift online
5. FACEBOOK IPO
RAISES THE PROFILE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING
2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS
ILLUMINATE THE RISE OF MULTIMEDIA & ‘ALWAYS-ON’ CONSUMPTION
SOCIAL MEDIA A DEMOCRATISING
FORCE AHEAD OF U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
MOBILE DISRUPTING TRADITIONAL
RETAIL SALES FUNNEL
MIND THE ‘DIGITAL OMNIVORE’
MULTI-DEVICE INCREMENTAL EFFECT & PLATFORM CANNIBALIZATION
Stories That Will Shape Digital in 2012
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15. 2008 2009 2010 2011
Time Spent on Key Categories Online
Worldwide Hours per Month (Billions)
35
30
25
Nearly in 4minutesonline
isspent onsocialnetworkstoday
1
Social Networking
Search/Navigation
Retail
Communications (Email/IM)
Other Content
Source: comScoreMedia Metrix, March 2007 - October 2011
16. Social Networking is Redefining the European Online
Landscape
Source: comScore Media Metrix, EuropeAge 15+, January 2011 to 2012
15.9%
11.7%
6.6%
4.6%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
Share of time spent among top web categories
Social Networking Services Portals Multimedia E-mail
25.8%
17. Source: comScoreMobiLens, EU5, Dec 2010 – Dec 2011
Not Only is Social Networking One of the Most Consumed Content
Categories on a Mobile, it’s also One of the Fastest Growing
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
SocialNetworkingor
Blog
News GeneralReference TV Guides OnlineRetail
TotalAudience(000)
Fastest Growing Mobile Content Categories (000)
Source: comScore MobiLens, EU5, 3 mo. avg. ending Dec-2010 vs. Dec-2011
Jan-2011 Jan-2012
+ 44.7%
+ 48.9%
+ 57.8%
+ 45.2%
+ 60.9%
18. Asia Pacific
33%
Latin America
10%North America
18%
Europe
30%
Middle East -
Africa
9%
RegionalShareof
TotalUniqueVisitors
toSocialNetworking
Source: comScoreMedia Metrix, October 2011
1/3oftheworld’ssocial
networkersarein
AsiaPacific
19. 11.1 10.7 10.4 10.2 9.8
8.7 8.5 8.3 7.9 7.7
Average Hours per Visitor
Source: comScoreMedia Metrix, October 2011
Yet5ofthemostengagedmarketsforsocial
networkingareinLatinAmerica
20. 7
Average Engagement with Social Networking by Region
Average Hours per Visitor
Source: comScoreMedia Metrix, October 2011
Average Hours per Person in Europe
Spent on Social Networking
3 Average Hours per Person in Asia Pacific
Spent on Social Networking
%
7.6 7.2 7.0
6.4
2.9
Latin America Middle East -
Africa
Europe North
America
Asia Pacific
25. 471MM
788MM
Jan-2010 Apr-2010 Jul-2010 Oct-2010 Jan-2011 Apr-2011 Jul-2011 Oct-2011
Facebook
overtakes
StudiVZ in
Germany
Facebook
overtakes
Orkut in India
Facebook
overtakes
WindowsLive
in Mexico
Facebook
overtakes Hyves
in Holland
Facebook
overtakes
Windows Live
in Portugal
Facebook
overtakesYahoo!
Wretch in Taiwan
Facebook’s Ascent in Recent Years
Total Unique Visitors (MM)
Source: comScoreMedia Metrix, January 2010 - October 2011
Since 2010, Facebook Has Taken the Lead in 6 New
Markets Across Asia, Latin America and Europe
28. Social Networking is the Most
Popular Online Activity
Worldwide
1
Social Networking Beyond Facebook
Google+ and Pinterest Take Off in 2011
Source: comScoreMedia Metrix, Oct-2010-Jan-2012, Worldwide
Unique Visitors(000) to Selected Social Media Sites
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
Oct-
2010
Jan-
2012
TWITTER.COM
LINKEDIN.COM
Google Plus
MYSPACE.COM
TUMBLR.COM
PINTEREST.COM
29. -42%
-32%
-37% -34% -36%
-22%
-8%
-4% -3%
1%
34%
25%
15%
21%
12%
Age 15-24 Age 25-34 Age 35-44 Age 45-54 Age 55+
InstantMessengers Email Social Networking
sawthelargestWorldwidedecline
inengagementofweb-based
emailandinstantmessaging…..
Change in Average Time Spent with Content Category
by Age Segment
Source: comScore Media Metrix, Worldwide, October 2011 vs. July 2010
15-24 year olds..
..’DigitalNatives’
30. -42%
-32%
-37% -34% -36%
-22%
-8%
-4% -3%
1%
34%
25%
15%
21%
12%
Age 15-24 Age 25-34 Age 35-44 Age 45-54 Age 55+
InstantMessengers Email Social Networking
…andthehighestincreasein
engagementofsocialnetworking
Source: comScore Media Metrix, Worldwide, October 2011 vs. July 2010
Change in Average Time Spent with Content Category
by Age Segment
47. THE RISE OF SMARTPHONES; EU5 LEADS THE US
Source: comScore MobiLens, EU5 and US, 3 mon. avg. ending Oct 2011
48. In the UK, there are
26 millionsmartphone
users, increase of 50% year
on year
Smartphone Market Growing Rapidly
Source: comScore MobiLens,UK, Age 13+, January 2011 vs 2012
UK IS THE HIGHEST EUROPEAN PENETRATED MARKET WITH
•53% Penetration
57. Social Networking is the Most
Popular Online Activity
Worldwide
1
Source: comScoreE-commerceMeasurement, U.S.
FreeShippingistheKeytoE-CommerceGrowth
58. Social Networking is the Most
Popular Online Activity
Worldwide
1
Source: comScoreMobiLens,3 mon. avg. ending Jan-2012, Spain
M-Commerce;
Spain'sNewShoppingCompanion
HalfofSmartphoneOwnersUsePhoneWhileina
Brick-and-MortarStoretoShop
1 in 8
Scanned
Barcodes
50%
of Smartphone Owners
Used Phone to Shop
While in a Retail Store