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U.S. user reasons for sharing life milestones on social media 2017

Reasons online users in the United States share life milestones on social media as of September 2017

The data describes the most common reasons as to why U.S. online users share life milestones on social media. According to the September 2017 findings, 54% of respondents stated that their reason for sharing life milestones on social media was due to wanting to invite their network to celebrate the milestone, while 43% reported to wanting to inform their network of such events.

Invite network to celebrate	54
Inform my network	43
Share helpful information	42
Acknowledgement	33
Receive congratulations	29
Answer questions about experience	21
Increase social standing	17

U.S. user reasons for sharing life milestones on social media 2017

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