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title: Nearly a third of Americans now find what's going on using apps | UK Daily Mail
description: Although 54% of Americans(133 million) are users of Facebook, 'social media' sites like Facebook & Twitter were less important than sites or apps to websites
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# [Nearly a third of Americans now find what's going on using apps | UK Daily Mail](https://www.appsadmins.com/blog/nearly-a-third-of-americans-now-find-whats-going-on-using-apps-uk-daily-mail)

 Written by [Christopher Alghini (Google Cloud Consultant)](https://www.appsadmins.com/blog/author/christopher-alghini-google-cloud-consultant) | March 19, 2012

Although 54 per cent of Americans - 133 million people - are active users of Facebook, 'social media' sites such as Facebook and Twitter were less important than sites or apps in driving traffic to websites. 

Just 9% of U.S. adults say they follow news recommendations from Facebook or Twitter ‘very often’ on any digital device - compared with 36% who say the same about directly going to a news organization’s site or app.

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