An October 2019 survey found that 41 percent of U.S. social media users who identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual had used social media to share or discuss things about their relationship or dating life. In comparison, only 27 percent of straight-identifying U.S. social media users reported that they had done the same thing.
Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to share or discuss things about their relationship or dating life as of October 2019, by sexual orientation
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Pew Research Center. (May 8, 2020). Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to share or discuss things about their relationship or dating life as of October 2019, by sexual orientation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125171/users-usa-social-media-discuss-relationship-sexual-orientation/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. "Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to share or discuss things about their relationship or dating life as of October 2019, by sexual orientation." Chart. May 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed February 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125171/users-usa-social-media-discuss-relationship-sexual-orientation/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. (2020). Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to share or discuss things about their relationship or dating life as of October 2019, by sexual orientation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125171/users-usa-social-media-discuss-relationship-sexual-orientation/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. "Share of U.S. Social Media Users Who Have Ever Used Social Media to Share or Discuss Things about Their Relationship or Dating Life as of October 2019, by Sexual Orientation." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125171/users-usa-social-media-discuss-relationship-sexual-orientation/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to share or discuss things about their relationship or dating life as of October 2019, by sexual orientation [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125171/users-usa-social-media-discuss-relationship-sexual-orientation/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed