social share buttons best position

If you go to any site with content you will have social share buttons. I was wondering where would you consider the best position for social buttons.

I saw 3 approaches:

1. bottom of the content page


2. Top right side of the content


3. Left side of the content that moves with the scrolling of the page

Personally i like the bottom of the page, just because the reader has to read the content first then decides if he wants to share. This is why the #2 alternative seems a bit wrong to me, forcing me to scroll to the top of the page. As for the #3 alternative i find it a bit distracting.

Answer

At the end of the article it is a must!

And to even more encourage sharing you can place the same share buttons somewhere in the beggining as well

• near title, near lead text -> because a lot of users do not read the whole article through and share it becuase of the great title or great lead text!