Bitcoin. Twerking. NSA. Cronuts. Google Glass. 2013 was, by all accounts, another groundbreaking year -- and it was no less for SlideShare and the world of presentations, too. We took a look back at the top trends on SlideShare this year. Share your year in review, too, and tag your SlideShare #zeitgeist2013.
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5. Presentations Got Shorter
Get to the point!
21.1
18.8
Average number of
slides per presentation
dropped four slides, to
14.4 from 18.8 in 2013
# of slides:
14.4
2008
2012
2013
*Average
number of slides
per presentation
in 2008 was 21.1
6. Presentations today have less text...
w it, don’t write it!
Sho
In 2013, there
were 29% fewer
words per slide
41 words
29 words
2012
2013
Average number of words per slide dropped to 29 words
*Sample data from Featured presentations
7. ... and more images
The number of
images per
presentation
increased 53% from
2012, and 143%
from 2008
Psst... Did you know
ages are processed in
im
e brain 60,000 times
th
faster than text?
*Sample data from Featured presentations
8. G o Big
Im ages & font size got bigger!
Image size
grew 16% from
last year
2008
24%
58%
2012
Font size growth
Facebook and Twitter rolled
out bigger images too!
*Sample data from most popular posts
9. More proof that people like visuals
Infographics on
SlideShare are ‘liked’
5x more than
presentations, and
21x more than
documents...
They are also shared more on
social networks!
12. Most-Liked SlideShare
#1
2013
Hack #1:
“There’s always time.
Time is priorities.”
2012
Bonusde
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Internet Trends
Mary Meeker
Time Management Hacks
Etienne Garbugli
18. Most-Viewed Business &
Man agement SlideSha res
#1
2013
The HubSpot Culture Code
HubSpot
#3
HubSpot takes the top 2!
#2
Facebook Dynamics
MediaZo
What Would Steve Do?
HubSpot
22. The Move to Mobile
The number of
SlideShares viewed
on mobile devices
increased 223%
from 2012
23. More on Mobile
Mobile viewers !
view more slides
Average number of
slides consumed on
mobile devices was 9.1
compared to 8.1 on
desktop computers
65% of time spent on social
networks now happens on mobile,
according to Mashable
24. Blogs & Social Media
Show Thei r Force
The top five traffic referrers to SlideShare:
#1
#2
Blogger
#3
Facebook Wordpress
#5
#4
LinkedIn
Twitter
25. New International Audiences
Mexico, Brazil and the
United States continue
to have the most
SlideShare viewers
Ireland
Indonesia and
Ireland had the
biggest increase in
SlideShare viewers
in 2013
Indonesia
Indonesia has one of the highest
growing Internet user rates
26. Top Uploaders
United States
The United
States, India and
Spain upload the
highest number
of SlideShares
Spain
India
They were the top
three uploaders
last years too!
27. We saw more SlideShares too!
The number of
SlideShares
uploaded
increased 48%
from last year
28. Views Increased As Well
SlideShare
pageviews
increased 113%
from last year
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