Want to know why more and more car manufacturers and their marketing teams are re-engaging their audiences with social listening, social hubs and influencer marketing? Look no further than these eye-opening statistics on User Generated Content.
1) 66% of car buyers believe the best stories are those about regular people. (Headstream)
2) 54% of millennials say they use UGC to inform their purchase decisions about cars. (DMNews)
3) 38% of all consumers will consult social media before making their next car purchase. (Econsultancy)
4) 69% of people who used YouTube while buying a car were influenced by it – more than TV, newspapers or magazines. (Google)
5) 13% do their initial research through social media (people’s reviews/comments) then go to the dealer. (Accenture)
6) Digital channels are now the primary information-gathering source during the consideration phase for 60% of car buyers. (McKinsey)
7) 23% of car buyers use social channels to talk about their experience when making a purchase. (Econsultancy)
8) Auto review videos on YouTube were watched for more than 3M hours in the first 9 months of 2015, of which more than 1.2M were on mobile, more than 2X as many as the previous year. (Google)
9) After car purchase, 33% want to see ‘additional accessories purchased by others who bought a similar car and which could be valuable to me’, and 28% want to see ‘other owners’ experiences/comments on my make/model of car’. (Accenture)
10) 61% of vehicle shoppers view online video and a quarter will watch an hour or more. (AM Online)
11) 57% of car buyers visit consumer review sites as part of their research process. (E3)
12) Of new-vehicle buyers who use the internet to research vehicles, 61% said they had used some form of social channel, including blogs and discussion forums, social networking sites and user-generated information sites. (Emarketer)
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