Italy: social networks actions & views during coronavirus 2020

In Italy, Twitter and YouTube generated the highest amount of informative content about the coronavirus (COVID-19). Between February 21 and March 20, 2020, 15.4 percent of videos on YouTube were related to the coronavirus, while Instagram produced the lowest volume of content on the topic.

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Share of actions and views of content related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Italy in 2020

Characteristic	Facebook	Instagram	Twitter	YouTube
Mar 20 to Apr 20, 2020	9.5%	5.6%	9%	16.1%
Feb 21 to Mar 20, 2020	11.7%	7.1%	14.2%	15.4%
Jan 20 to Feb 21, 2020	1.5%	0.3%	1.6%	2.1%

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Release date

April 2020

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Italy

Survey time period

January 2020 to April 2020

Supplementary notes

The percentage of actions (for Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) and views (for YouTube) indicates the share of actions (comments + reactions) or views reached by the main content dedicated to coronavirus (max. 5,000 for each platform) compared to content totals published on each platform over the 3 months under review.

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