The Big List of Content Marketing Statistics

67%of marketers want more resources on content creation.

Most marketers agree thatblog articles (68%) and downloadable assets like eBooks and white papers (62%)are the best way to learn about content marketing.

77%of B2B marketers report having a content marketing strategy, though only 40% documented their strategy.

B2B marketers say thetop 3 goalscontent marketing helps them achieve are creating brand awareness, building credibility/trust and educating their audience.

The top 2 objectives for today’s B2B digital marketers are increasing customer engagement and improving customer experience.

66%

of B2B marketers expect their 2022 content marketing budget to increase over their 2021 budget.

Social media has the biggest impact on the customer experience for57%of B2B marketers.

LinkedIn

is the organic social media platform that B2B content marketers use the most and the one they said produces the best results.

50%of B2B marketers outsource content marketing activities.

The top 2 content marketing-related areas of investment for 2022 are expected to be video(69%)and events (digital, in-person or hybrid) at61%.

67%of B2B marketing executives expect to increase spend on marketing technology.

60%

of B2B marketers say that “wasted time” is the greatest cost associated with lead generation struggles.

68%of B2B marketing influencers regard research and case studies to be the most trusted type of content.

44%

of B2B buyers typically consume 3 to 5 pieces of content before engaging with a vendor.

79%of B2B buyers say that vendor content had a significant impact on a buying decision.

Primary decision makers, internal influencers and researchers agree that pricing is theNo. 1 variablethat influences decision-making.

70%

of B2C marketers report having a content marketing strategy, though only 39% documented their strategy.

50%of B2C marketers outsource content marketing activities.

65%

of B2C marketers prioritize the audience’s informational needs over their organization’s sales/promotional message.

Facebook is the organic social media platform that B2C content marketers used the most and the one they said produced the best results.

37%

of B2C marketers are testing and implementing tactics in new social platforms like TikTok, Discord and Twitch.

Influencer marketing is a tactic that61%of B2C marketers plan to use in 2022.

61%

of B2C marketers expect their 2022 content marketing budget to exceed their 2021 budget.

72%of B2C marketers predicted their organization would invest in video in 2022.

An estimated233 million peopleover age 12 in the US use social media.

69%

of marketers use social media to distribute and promote their content organically.

88%of marketers say social media marketing increases business exposure.

Facebook

and Instagram are thetop 2platforms used by marketers.

Although Facebook remains a top platform for content marketers, brand use of the platform has been declining since 2019.

80%

of marketers have no plans to use Snapchat.

71%of B2B professionals use LinkedIn to share business-related content.

93%

of brands got a new customer because of a video on social media.

Social listening is the No. 1 tactic used by marketers.

The most

popular publishing cadence for social media marketers is3 to 4times a week.

54%of marketers use email marketing to distribute and promote their content.

72%

of marketers use email to engage with consumers across the customer journey.

The top 3 emails marketers send are newsletters, welcome emails and product emails.

Weekdays

outperform weekend days for sending marketing emails.

80%of email marketers use name, company name and other profile data to personalize email sends.

On average

more than65%of marketers create at least 2 versions of an email to segment and personalize the content.

41%of marketers send emails to their mailing lists on a daily basis.

30%

Email marketing is very critical to company success for 30% more marketers now than before the pandemic.

43%of marketers are changing how they measure email performance because of Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection.

51%of marketers believe consumers open and read at least half of the emails they receive, though most consumers (59%) report that they open and read less than half.

For every $1 marketers spend on email marketing, they receive$36in return.

48%of companies that have a content marketing strategy leverage blogging.

77%

of marketers report that blogging drives results.

Writers spend about4 hourson blog posts.

Bloggers

who update old content are nearly 3 timesmore likely to report “strong results.”

Articles with 7 or fewer words in their H1 get36%more average organic traffic than those with 14 or more words.

Headings with “guide” in the title attract3 timesmore organic traffic than others, and those containing “how to” outperform by 1.5 times.

On average, paragraphs with 90 words and sentences with 28 words are too long for high readability scores.

The average

blog bounce rate is82.4%.

Re-optimizing your content can increase the number of clicks a page generates by more than40%.

70%

of websites in the HR industry that generate more than 100,000 organic visitors per month write 2 or more blogs per week.

1,774is the average word count for top-ranking articles.

Almost half(48%)of marketing content contains visuals.

49%of marketers primarily use visual content on blogs and websites followed by social channels such as Facebook and Instagram.

56%of content marketers who use infographics say that they’re the most effective marketing content type.

Articles

with infographics drive8xmore clicks than those without.

Blogs with infographics generate nearly twice as many new referring domains per month than those without.

Blogs

with infographics are more likely to end up in Google Image Search for target terms.

58%of marketers outsource graphic design services.

42%

of marketers plan to increase budget in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).

Around50%of content marketers spend less than 5 hours a week creating visual content.

A central

design system is the most common practice for ensuring content quality and consistency.

Blue and green are the top color preferences for consumers that visit business websites.

The primary form of media used in content marketing is video.

The top 3

video distribution channels for marketers in order are social media, websites and YouTube.

92%of marketers value video as an ‘important part’ of their marketing strategy.

The majority of marketers say video has helped them increase understanding of their product or service (94%), improve brand awareness (93%), boost traffic (87%) and generate leads (86%).

93%of sales and marketing professionals believe that video converts the same or better than other forms of content.

3 out of 4

marketers said the pandemic made it more likely they would create video.

91%of organizations are maintaining or increasing video content production budgets.

71%

of marketers plan to increase their YouTube video marketing efforts.

88%of people say they’ve been convinced to buy a product or service by watching a brand’s video.

69%

of people say they’d most prefer to learn about a new product or service by watching a short video.

62%of consumers say they prefer to watch video content on a smartphone or tablet.

Video ads

are the No. 1 way consumers discover new brands that they later buy from.

Web visitors spend an average of5-7 minuteson company websites.

88%

of the U.S. population aged 12 and over own a smartphone and51%own a tablet.

Google recommends a load time of5 secondsor less on mobile devices with 3G connections.

15.3 seconds

is the average load time for a mobile page.

1 in 2users abandon websites that take more than 6 seconds to load.

消费者

are most sensitive to website speed when moving from product detail pages to add to basket.

Half of all people say they’d be willing to give up animation and video for faster load times.

81%

of marketers know speed impacts their conversions, yet only 3% say faster load times are their top priority.

Both B2B (69%) and B2C (67%) marketers say website engagement provides the most insight into content performance.

63%

of companies use website analytics to create personalized/customized content.

69%of marketers actively invest time in SEO.

61%

of marketers say improving the quality and authenticity of their content increases organic search ranking.

Over50%of marketers use keyword rankings and organic traffic to measure the success of their SEO strategies.

Almost 25%

of companies invest in mobile optimization as a top SEO tactic.

Google Analytics is the most popular SEO tool among marketers.

Over 40%

of shoppers go to Google when researching a purchase they plan to make in-store or online.

Nearly 1/3

of all mobile searches are related to location.

74%

of brands say that pay-per-click is a huge driver for their business.

58%of marketers spend less than $50,000 per year on PPC tactics.

The top

platforms that brands spend money on are Google (90%), Facebook (81%) and Microsoft (59%).

65%of marketers say paid search is the most effective PPC channel.

79%

of marketers report buying paid advertising on social media in 2021.

78%percent of marketers rely on Google AdWords and social media advertising to promote their messages.

Marketers

rank PPC as one of thetop 3best channels for high-volume leads.

54%of marketers conduct paid campaigns to generate better quality leads

Sponsored

search results account for65%of clicks, compared to35%for organic results.

About一半成年美国互联网的使用rs said that when brands use their data in advertising, it helps them discover (50%) and find (49%) products and services that interest them — but 44% said this often feels invasive.

68%

of people in the US over age 12 have listened to online audio in the last month.

28%of people in the US over age 12 listen to a podcast on a weekly basis.

Spotify

is the most popular online audio platform.

80%营销者利用音频内容和podcasts plan to invest the same amount or more budget in 2022.

51%of podcast listeners who are 18+ and listen to 5 or more hours of podcasts every week say they pay more attention to ads on podcasts than on other media.

53%of podcast listeners say their opinion of a company is more positive when it’s on a podcast they regularly listen to.

40%

of marketers plan to increase their investment in virtual events, webinars and conferences in 2022.

It takes event organizers up to10 hoursto prepare an online event.

59%of companies host webinars for lead generation and marketing purposes such as promoting their brand, product or service.

Webinars are the highest-performing video format formore than half(51%) of B2B marketers.

53%of virtual event consumers said they plan to attend both virtual and in-person events in the future — even when it is safe to gather in person again.

Almost half(49%) of B2B buyers say webinars are the most valuable content format in the early stages of the buying process.

Virtual event

attendees say that quality of speakers (64%) and relevance of content (63%) encourage them to sign up for events.