Facebook was the most preferred social media platform to check on COVID-19 updates across all age groups in the United States in March 2020. Respondents older than 65 years old resorted primarily to Facebook for COVID-19 updates, at 67 percent.
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Shareablee. (January 30, 2021). Which social media network is your preferred outlet to check on COVID-19 updates? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 30, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207378/social-network-preference-to-check-on-covid-19-updates/
Shareablee. "Which social media network is your preferred outlet to check on COVID-19 updates?." Chart. January 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 30, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207378/social-network-preference-to-check-on-covid-19-updates/
Shareablee. (2021). Which social media network is your preferred outlet to check on COVID-19 updates?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 30, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207378/social-network-preference-to-check-on-covid-19-updates/
Shareablee. "Which Social Media Network Is Your Preferred Outlet to Check on Covid-19 Updates?." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207378/social-network-preference-to-check-on-covid-19-updates/
Shareablee, Which social media network is your preferred outlet to check on COVID-19 updates? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207378/social-network-preference-to-check-on-covid-19-updates/ (last visited June 30, 2022)