Shareaholic just released a new Social Media Traffic Report that looks at 13 months of activity from more than 200,000 publishers.
When it comes to sending traffic to your site:
- Facebook and Twitter were in the top three for growth, but Facebook knocks Twitter flat on the 13-month average.
- Pinterest rises up from a clever idea to claim the number two referral spot and the number one slot for overall growth.
- StumbleUpon and Reddit 's impact on referral traffic is not exactly growing - probably because these sites represent "old school bookmarking".
- YouTube and LinkedIn also showed some amazing growth this year but they’ve got a long way to go before they can compete with the big boys.
- Google+ sees only 6.97% growth and a dismal .06% 13-month average. According to Shareaholic Google+ should be the last priority for marketers.
