This statistic presents the most common reasons as to why U.S. online users share life milestones on social media. According to the September 2017 findings, 54 percent 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 percent reported to wanting to inform their network of such events.
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Sprout Social. (November 7, 2017). Reasons online users in the United States share life milestones on social media as of September 2017 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/810140/us-consumers-reasons-sharing-life-milestones-social-media/
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Reasons online users in the United States share life milestones on social media as of September 2017 [Graph], Sprout Social, November 7, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/810140/us-consumers-reasons-sharing-life-milestones-social-media/
