An October 2019 survey found that 67 percent of U.S. social media users who are living with their partner that had used a social media platform to check up on someone they used to date or be in a relationship with. In comparison, only 45 percent of married U.S. adults reported that they have done the same thing.
Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to check up on someone they used to date or be in a relationship with as of October 2019, by relationship status
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Pew Research Center. (May 8, 2020). Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to check up on someone they used to date or be in a relationship with as of October 2019, by relationship status [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125192/united-states-who-use-social-media-check-ex-relationship/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. "Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to check up on someone they used to date or be in a relationship with as of October 2019, by relationship status." Chart. May 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125192/united-states-who-use-social-media-check-ex-relationship/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. (2020). Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to check up on someone they used to date or be in a relationship with as of October 2019, by relationship status. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125192/united-states-who-use-social-media-check-ex-relationship/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center. "Share of U.S. Social Media Users Who Have Ever Used Social Media to Check up on Someone They Used to Date or Be in a Relationship with as of October 2019, by Relationship Status." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125192/united-states-who-use-social-media-check-ex-relationship/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Pew Research Center, Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to check up on someone they used to date or be in a relationship with as of October 2019, by relationship status Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125192/united-states-who-use-social-media-check-ex-relationship/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited January 18, 2025)
Share of U.S. social media users who have ever used social media to check up on someone they used to date or be in a relationship with as of October 2019, by relationship status [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125192/united-states-who-use-social-media-check-ex-relationship/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
