39% of shoppers buy via social media on their smartphones, with 25% clicking on shoppable photos

Pinterest, gearing up for IPO, reports 25% increase in monthly active users since last September

Facebook reports 150 million people use its Stories every day, but nearly double that use the Instagram Stories feature daily

Just 30% of auto brands have a dedicated social-media-as-customer-service account to engage with customers, and field questions/concerns

Of Instagram's 800 mil users, 80% are following an “active shopping business” account

40% of social media users deleted at least one profile in the last year

Chinese consumers will spend 3 hours per day on internet media in 2018, with 70% viewed on mobile

WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and WeChat each have more than 1 billion monthly active users

The average adult spends about 6 hours per day with a digital device

Chinese mini-music-video social network Douyin was the most downloaded iOS app in the first quarter of 2018

US adults aged 18-29 are more than 3 times as likely to say they’d have a 'very hard' time parting with the internet or their cellphones than TV

Fashion brand gets 76% social media sales lift with AI

43% of users say they are concerned about information privacy on Facebook

More than 50% of 13-34-year-olds in the U.S. play with Snapchat AR Lenses

Renault Italy is using chatbots to sell its SUV directly through Instagram Stories and Facebook Messenger

Delta is using a Twitter poll to select in-flight entertainment for the holiday season

Goldman Sachs attempts to engage millennial and Gen Z consumers (and potential future job recruits) with new Instagram account

Instagrammable pop-up "experiences" become the new norm for promotional events

Facebook rolls out new Dating platform in Colombia market, claiming its access to years of user activity data will result in better matches

Two new models of AR smartglasses lend fashion appeal to Snap's original Spectacles product

Bridging content and commerce, adidas targets younger, more female audience with sold-out sneaker release via Snapchat

To attract more creators, Snapchat expands its shoppable AR offering to more users

How legacy snack and candy brands drive impulse buys on Instagram and other online platforms

Snapchat opens commerce to top influencers, beginning with Kylie Jenner

Facebook tool lets users more easily monitor time spent on social media

Adidas, AMEX, Tropicana and Paramount Pictures among brands to test wide-format video ads on Pinterest

Facebook Stories announced that it has 150 million daily active users

Nearly 63% of Instagram users reported being miserable, a higher share than for any other social network