---
title: "Location Tagging on the Rise for Mobile, Social Media Users"
description: "30% of social media users now tag their posts with their location, while 74% of smartphone owners get directions or other information based on their current location and 12% use a geosocial service to “check in” to locations or share their whereabouts with friends."
date: "2013-09-12"
authors:
  - name: "Michael Suh"
    job_title: "Guest Contributor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/2013/09/12/location-tagging-on-the-rise-for-mobile-social-media-users/"
---

# Location Tagging on the Rise for Mobile, Social Media Users