This State Ranks No. 1 for Bragging on Social Media
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What’s the social-media self-promotion capital of America? Well, California, of course.
A study by the user review-powered city guide app HeyLets examined which states had the greatest self-promotional tendencies. The company polled 2,500 social-media savvy Americans on their propensities to brag via social media. Topics of self-promotion ranged from special trips, like a Facebook album of vacation pictures, to work related good news, like that tweet about how “blessed” you are upon receiving a promotion.
Leading the pack with the highest percent of residents who frequently make self-promotional social media posts is California, where 77 percent of respondents frequently engage in self-promotion. For comparison, that’s more than three times as much as the most humble state, Utah.
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Here’s the list of the top 20 states most prone to self-promotion. Check out where you fall – and where to move to meet friends who won’t clog up your newsfeed with photos of their anniversary presents.
1:California (77 percent frequently engage in self-promotion)
2:Washington (76 percent)
3:Nevada:(72 percent)
4:Maryland(70 percent)
5:New Hampshire (69 percent)
6:Illinois (67 percent)
7:Virginia (66 percent)
8:Oklahoma (64 percent)
9:New Jersey (60 percent)
10: New York (58 percent)
11:South Dakota (57 percent)
12:Delaware (57 percent)
13:Colorado (55 percent)
14:Alabama (55 percent)
15:Kentucky (54 percent)
16:Indiana (53 percent)
17:Georgia (52 percent)
18:Minnesota (52 percent)
19:Florida (51 percent)
20:Texas (51 percent)
Meanwhile, the 20 most humble are:
1:Utah (22 percent)
2:Oregon (26 percent)
3:South Carolina (33 percent)
4:Kansas (34 percent)
5:Arizona (34 percent)
6:Arkansas (37 percent)
7:Pennsylvania (39 percent)
8:Massachusetts (40 percent)
9:Rhode Island (40 percent)
10:Wisconsin (41 percent)
11:Connecticut (43 percent)
12:Ohio (44 percent)
13:North Carolina (45 percent)
14:Maine (46 percent)
15:Michigan (47 percent)
16:Tennessee (47 percent)
17:Missouri (48 percent)
18:Louisiana (48 percent)
19:Mississippi (49 percent)
20:Iowa (49 percent)
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What’s the social-media self-promotion capital of America? Well, California, of course.
A study by the user review-powered city guide app HeyLets examined which states had the greatest self-promotional tendencies. The company polled 2,500 social-media savvy Americans on their propensities to brag via social media. Topics of self-promotion ranged from special trips, like a Facebook album of vacation pictures, to work related good news, like that tweet about how “blessed” you are upon receiving a promotion.
Leading the pack with the highest percent of residents who frequently make self-promotional social media posts is California, where 77 percent of respondents frequently engage in self-promotion. For comparison, that’s more than three times as much as the most humble state, Utah.
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