#Zeitgeist2013SlideShare

How did the world of presentations change?

#Zeitgeist2013

People today want short,

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visual content...

And they want it onSlideShare too!

Presentations Got Shorter

18.8

2012

Average number of slides per presentation dropped four slides, to 14.4 from 18.8 in 2013

14.4

2013

21.1

2008# of slides:

Get to the point!

*Average number of slides per presentation in 2008 was 21.1

Presentations today have less text...Show it, don’t write it!

*Sample data from Featured presentations

201229 words41 words2013

Average number of words per slide dropped to 29 words

In 2013, there were 29% fewer words per slide

Psst... Did you know images are processed in the brain 60,000 times

faster than text?

The number of images per presentation

increased 53% from 2012, and 143%

from 2008

*Sample data from Featured presentations

... and more images

Facebook and Twitter rolled out bigger images too!

*Sample data from most popular posts

Image size grew 16% from

last year

Images & font size got bigger!Go Big

Font size growth

2008 24% 58%2012

They are also shared more on social networks!

More proof that people like visuals

Infographics on SlideShare are ‘liked’

5x more than presentations, and

21x more than documents...

Most PopularWhat were the

SlideShares of the year?

2013

2012

Internet Trends Report 2013Mary Meeker

Most-Viewed SlideShare of 2012

#12013

*Highest number of embedded views

Bonus

faberNovel

Most-Viewed SlideShareTech Rules!

Most-Liked SlideShare

Hack #1:“There’s always time.

Time is priorities.”

*Most talked-

about SlideShare:

Got the most

comments too!

Bonus

#12013

2012

Time Management HacksEtienne Garbugli

Internet TrendsMary Meeker

Kids of the Past vs. Internet GenerationBhavesh Patel

#12013 Tech Rules!

Most-Viewed Infographic

Most Talked-AboutThe

topics...

2013

536%*Perhaps a reflection of the rebound of the

car industry?AutomotiveNumber of SlideShares

uploaded about cars increased 536% from last year!

Fastest-Growing Topic

3 American-Made Cars Having an Explosive 2013The Motley Fool

#12013

Most-Viewed Automotive SlideShare

*Most number of SlideShares uploaded!

Business & Management

Top Topic

Facebook DynamicsMediaZo

#3

Management SlideSharesMost-Viewed Business &

HubSpot takes the top 2!#2

#12013

The HubSpot Culture CodeHubSpot

What Would Steve Do?HubSpot

Search...

SEOTechnologyMediaKeywordsBusinessSalesTips

#1: Marketing#2: Social Media#3: Facebook

Most-Searched Terms

1 #Social Media2 #Marketing3 #Online4 #Business5 #Education

Most-Used Tags

New TrendsWe saw

on SlideShare too!

2013

The number of SlideShares viewed on mobile devices increased 223%

from 2012

The Move to Mobile

65% of time spent on social networks now happens on mobile,

according to Mashable

Average number of slides consumed on

mobile devices was 9.1 compared to 8.1 on desktop computers

More on MobileMobile viewers view more slides!

The top five traffic referrers to SlideShare:

#2

Show Their ForceBlogs & Social Media

#3

LinkedIn Twitter

#4 #5#1

WordpressFacebookBlogger

Indonesia has one of the highest growing Internet user rates

Indonesia

Ireland

Indonesia and Ireland had the

biggest increase in SlideShare viewers

in 2013

Mexico, Brazil and the United States continue

to have the most SlideShare viewers

New International Audiences

United States

India

Spain

Top UploadersThe United

States, India and Spain upload the highest number of SlideShares

They were the top three uploaders

last years too!

The number of SlideShares uploaded

increased 48% from last year

We saw more SlideShares too!

SlideShare pageviews

increased 113% from last year

Views Increased As Well

2014?What will you upload in

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