- Change in 2017 in US Facebook users aged 12–17: -9.9%
- Predicted change in 2018 for the same demographic: -5.6%
- Predicted change in 2018 for Instagram use, ages 12–17: +8.7%
- Change in 2017 in US Facebook users aged 18–24: -4.7%
- Predicted change in 2018 for the same demographic: -5.8%
Source: Facebook Lost around 2.8 Million US Users under 25 Last Year. 2018 Won’t Be Much Better
Jane Friedman has spent her entire career working in the publishing industry, with a focus on business reporting and author education. Established in 2015, her newsletter The Bottom Line provides nuanced market intelligence to thousands of authors and industry professionals; in 2023, she was named Publishing Commentator of the Year by Digital Book World.
Jane’s expertise regularly features in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, The Today Show, Wired, The Guardian, Fox News, and BBC. Her book, The Business of Being a Writer, Second Edition (The University of Chicago Press), is used as a classroom text by many writing and publishing degree programs. She reaches thousands through speaking engagements and workshops at diverse venues worldwide, including NYU’s Advanced Publishing Institute, Frankfurt Book Fair, and numerous MFA programs.
