The line graph below shows the number of monthly active users of some social network and messaging services between 2010 and 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph below shows the number of monthly active users of some social network and messaging services between 2010 and 2015.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The diagram gives information on how many
people
(in percentage) used multiple social media platforms every month, compared
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the numbers
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numbers
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of
sites
and the
years
of
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2014 and 2015.
Overall
, over the
two
years
, the tendencies are quite identical. Most of the users were engaged with one social networking site, and the user number
decreases
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while
the website number
increases
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. Looking closely at the percentages
in
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each year,
people
who signed up for just one social media account accounted for the largest proportion in 2014 and 2015, at 36% and 28% respectively. The second and third highest numbers were very similar in both
years
which were the percentages of the users who were active on none or
two
sites
, between 21% to 24%.
Although
there is an upward trend that more cyber citizens used more than
two
sites
in 2015 than
that
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of
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2014, less than 10%
people
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used four or five
sites
over the
two
years
. The smallest proportions
composed
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by
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people
who used five
sites
, to be more precise, 2% in 2014 and 4% in 2015.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words people, sites, years, two with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • monthly active users
  • social network services
  • messaging services
  • time frame
  • observe a trend
  • fluctuation
  • noticeable increase
  • significant decrease
  • peak
  • trough
  • exponential growth
  • relative decline
  • steady rise
  • dramatic fall
  • comparative analysis
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