Impact of social media on daily life worldwide 2019

This statistic presents the share of internet users worldwide who believe that social media platforms have had an impact on selected aspects of daily life as of February 2019. During the survey period, 44 percent of respondents stated that they believed that social media platforms have led to an increasing polarization in politics.

Share of internet users worldwide who believe that social media platforms have had an impact on selected aspects of daily life as of February 2019

Characteristic	Increased	Had no impact	Decreased
Access to information	57%	36%	7%
Ease of communication	57%	37%	6%
Freedom of expression	50%	37%	13%
Worsened personal privacy	49%	39%	12%
Distractions during your day	47%	45%	8%
Polarization in politics	44%	47%	8%
Foreign meddling in politics	43%	48%	8%
Censorship	36%	48%	16%
Accountability in government	33%	53%	14%
Transparency in government	31%	52%	17%
Your overall quality of life	31%	55%	14%
Civility in culture	29%	47%	24%
Civility online	29%	43%	27%

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Release date

June 2019

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

December 21, 2018 to February 10, 2019

Number of respondents

25,229 respondents

Age group

16-64 years

Supplementary notes

Q25. Social media platforms allow users to view material posted by others and to post content for others to see. Do you believe that these technologies have increased, decreased, or had no impact on the following: ...
Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

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