Social media and global events

Statistics report about social media and global events

Social media and global events

This report provides information about social media's role in a wide range of global events with an overview of social media usage changes in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The subjects of global politics and online activism are also covered. Additionally, global sporting events are included, with particular attention being paid to the Women's Euro 2022.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Media usage in an online minute 2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of global social network users 2017-2027
  • Basic Statistic Global daily time spent on online networks 2021, by generation
  • Basic Statistic Social media post engagement 2020-2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. social media interactions per article 2022, by topic

Russia and Ukraine

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  • Basic Statistic Users of Meta in Russia 2022, by platform
  • Premium Statistic Instagram usage after the ban in Russia 2022
  • Basic Statistic Social media user change due to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter bans in Russia 2022
  • Premium Statistic Change in social media authors after bans of selected platforms in Russia 2022
  • Premium Statistic Change in social media posts after bans of selected platforms in Russia 2022
  • Basic Statistic Trending Weibo posts from state media on Russia-Ukraine war in China 2022, by stance
  • Premium Statistic Opinion on Facebook and Instagram ban in Russia 2022, by age
  • Basic Statistic Russia-Ukraine war impact on metaverse investment of businesses worldwide 2022

Politics worldwide

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  • Basic Statistic Most upvoted r/IAmA ("Ask Me Anything") posts on Reddit 2009-2022
  • Basic Statistic Top hashtags used by U.S. Congress Democrats in 2021
  • Basic Statistic Top hashtags used by U.S. Congress Republicans in 2021
  • Premium Statistic Europe: volume of social media posts by MPs 2021, by platform
  • Premium Statistic Europe: number of social media posts by MPs and MEPs 2021, by country
  • Basic Statistic Brazil: reported political campaign links on social media 2022, by platform
  • Basic Statistic Brazil: social media users who discuss politics in the platforms 2021

Activism

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  • Basic Statistic Facebook: celebratory activism-related conversation trends 2020-2021
  • Basic Statistic Instagram: celebratory activism-related conversation trends 2020-2021
  • Basic Statistic U.S. users changing opinion on civil issues due to social networks 2020, by PID
  • Basic Statistic U.S. Black social media users online engagement for activism 2020, by age group
  • Premium Statistic U.S. Gen Z: TikTok social and political resources 2020

Sporting events

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  • Basic Statistic Global athletic events most mentioned on Twitter 2021
  • Basic Statistic International sports federations with most Twitter followers 2023
  • Basic Statistic International sports federations with most Instagram followers 2023
  • Basic Statistic International sports federations with the most Facebook followers 2022
  • Basic Statistic Tokyo Olympics gold medalists with the biggest social media audience 2021
  • Basic Statistic Engagement on Tokyo 2020’s official social media accounts 2021
  • Basic Statistic Number of followers on Tokyo 2020's official social media accounts 2021
  • Basic Statistic Beijing Winter Olympics: online user interactions 2022

Spotlight: #WEURO2022

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  • Basic Statistic Women's Euro: Instagram followers gain 2022, by new followers
  • Basic Statistic UEFA Women's Euro: types of online harassment during the group phase 2022
  • Basic Statistic England Women's football team: Twitter hate accounts owners 2022, by gender
  • Basic Statistic England Women's football team: online hate posts 2022, by platform
  • Basic Statistic England Women's football team: positive online posts 2022, by player

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