This statistic shows the results of a survey among gay men and lesbian women in the United States regarding their motivation to use social network sites. The survey was conducted in 2009. 63 percent of the lesbian women and 63 percent of the gay men reported to use social network sites in order to communicate with friends.
Gay and lesbian Americans: What is your motivation to use social networking sites?
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Community Marketing (Community Marketing Inc.). (January 1, 2010). Gay and lesbian Americans: What is your motivation to use social networking sites? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/250594/motivation-to-use-social-network-sites-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing Inc.). "Gay and lesbian Americans: What is your motivation to use social networking sites?." Chart. January 1, 2010. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250594/motivation-to-use-social-network-sites-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing Inc.). (2010). Gay and lesbian Americans: What is your motivation to use social networking sites?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250594/motivation-to-use-social-network-sites-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing Inc.). "Gay and Lesbian Americans: What Is Your Motivation to Use Social Networking Sites?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250594/motivation-to-use-social-network-sites-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/
Community Marketing (Community Marketing Inc.), Gay and lesbian Americans: What is your motivation to use social networking sites? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250594/motivation-to-use-social-network-sites-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/ (last visited May 19, 2024)
Gay and lesbian Americans: What is your motivation to use social networking sites? [Graph], Community Marketing (Community Marketing Inc.), January 1, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/250594/motivation-to-use-social-network-sites-by-gay-and-lesbian-americans/