The bar chart shows the percentage of small medium large companies which used social media for business purpose between 2012-2016

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of using social

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for business purposes from 2012 to 2016 in

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types of companies.

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. All

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types of businesses saw

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presence grow quickly peaking in 2016. Corporations were significantly more likely to use social

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sites throughout. During the first

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years, the percentage of large companies using social

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dropped minimally, staying below 80%. Meanwhile, the use of social networking sites among small businesses rose slightly, increasing from 28% to 35%.

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, drastic growth was seen in medium-sized ones rose faster, from just over 30% to almost 50% Notably, 2015 witnessed a slow decline to 30% of small-sized companies

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there was a dramatic downward trend in 30% and 53% respectively, of medium- and large-sized ones in using social

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. After that, all

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sizes of businesses

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hit a peak at approximately 50%, over 50% and 80%, respectively, in 2016.