Social Media Referrals: Which is best Facebook, Twiiter, LinkedIn, Reddit, GooglePlus?

The results of this Nov. survey show that Facebook is still the most effective way to get your news out among social media services.

64% of the population uses Facebook, and 47% of Facebook users consume news there.

YouTube and Twitter were next, then Google Plus.

Reddit users were most hungry for news, but hardly anyone uses it. 
Twitter users like to get their news there with 52%, but only 16% of the population uses it.

Linked in was not very.
Users of Instagram, Myspace, Vine and Tumblr were looking for other kinds of distractions.
Pinterest was a lost cause.

Pew study on % of people who use social media 
for News:

http://www.journalism.org/2013/11/14/news-use-across-social-media-platforms/2_social-media-as-a-pathway-to-news/

PORTION OF U.S. POPULATION THAT READS NEWS, PER SITE

Facebook = 30%
YouTube = 10%
Twitter = 8%
GooglePlus = 4%
LinkedIn = 3%
Reddit = 2%
Instagram = 1%
Myspace = 1%
Tumblr = 1%
Pinterest = 0%
Vine = 0%

PORTION OF USERS SEEKING NEWS, PER SITE

Reddit = 62%
Twitter = 52%
Facebook = 47%
Google Plus = 30%
Tumblr = 29%
YouTube = 20%
MySpace = 14%
LinkedIn = 13%
Instagram = 13%
Vine = 9%
Pinterest = 3%

Results of this study do not include other sources such as Google Search/News or independent blogs.