As of March 2020, social media users in the United States were staying online more. According to a survey of U.S. social media users, 29.7 percent of respondents were using social media 1-2 hours additional hours per day. A further 20.5 percent used social media 30 minutes to 1 hour more than usual per day. Only 1.6 percent of users were adding less than 15 minutes to their usage. Additional social media usage was a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which caused stay home orders and social distancing to be put in place in the country.
Additional daily time spent on social media platforms by users in the United States due to coronavirus pandemic as of March 2020
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eMarketer. (May 6, 2020). Additional daily time spent on social media platforms by users in the United States due to coronavirus pandemic as of March 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 22, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116148/more-time-spent-social-media-platforms-users-usa-coronavirus/
eMarketer. "Additional daily time spent on social media platforms by users in the United States due to coronavirus pandemic as of March 2020." Chart. May 6, 2020. Statista. Accessed September 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116148/more-time-spent-social-media-platforms-users-usa-coronavirus/
eMarketer. (2020). Additional daily time spent on social media platforms by users in the United States due to coronavirus pandemic as of March 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 22, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116148/more-time-spent-social-media-platforms-users-usa-coronavirus/
eMarketer. "Additional Daily Time Spent on Social Media Platforms by Users in The United States Due to Coronavirus Pandemic as of March 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116148/more-time-spent-social-media-platforms-users-usa-coronavirus/
eMarketer, Additional daily time spent on social media platforms by users in the United States due to coronavirus pandemic as of March 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116148/more-time-spent-social-media-platforms-users-usa-coronavirus/ (last visited September 22, 2020)
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