When are Facebook users most active
People spending their time on the Internet are mostly surfing Social networking websites. One such website is Facebook. It has over 700 million users all around the world and hence, has turned out to be a great tool to promote businesses on the Internet. Updating your profile or commenting is an important way of promoting your business on Facebook. This does not involve a lot of efforts but the timing should be right. Updating or commenting during times of high traffic can lead to better conversion results as more people may read your updates and comments.
There have been many surveys related to the time when users are most active on Facebook. Here’s what some of them show as results :
- The three biggest usage spikes tend to occur on weekdays at 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. ET.
- The biggest spike occurs at 3:00 p.m. ET on weekdays.
- Weekday usage is pretty steady, however Wednesday at 3:00 pm ET is consistently the busiest period.
- Fans are less active on Sunday compared to all other days of the week.
Additionally, the top of the hour (:0 to :15 minutes) tend to see more interaction than other parts of the hour. The second half of the hour (:30 to :45 minutes) is the second most popular time for interaction.
As said above, Time spent by other people on Facebook is important to those business people who tend to update their statuses and comment on posts on a daily basis. A realization of time helps such businesses to interact with the maximum number of people in order to promote thei products, deals etc.
Tags:
Categories:
Leave a comment
Latest Social Media Questions
- By: Abhay Dubey, 14 Jul, 2011
-
When should I start making Google+ a part of my social media drive?
By: Cyril Gupta, 02 Jan, 2011
Latest Articles
- Why to move from Facebook to Google+
- How to upload and search images on Twitter
- Facebook launches new sharing and security features
- What are the best music apps for Android phones
- How to maximize affiliate sales
- How to record Google+ Hangouts
- Which are the best social networking apps for iPad
- How to manage Twitter addiction
- How is Google+ better than Facebook
- How to maintain and update a Website
- Which Google gadgets should be added to your Blogger blog
- How to restore a suspended Twitter account
- Google launches PhotoVine app for iPhone
- Google+ vs Facebook : Pros and Cons
- How to write a good blog
Comment(s): (0)