During the first half of 2021, Android users in Asia spent approximately 449 billion hours engaging with mobile social apps, up by 15 percent from the correspondent period in 2019. Between 2019 and the first half of 2021, Asia has consistently remained the world region with the highest number of hours spent on social media apps by Android users. In comparison, android users in South America spent 84.4 billion hours on social media apps in the first half of 2021.
Time spent on mobile social apps worldwide from 1st half 2019 to 1st half 2021, by region (in million hours)
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Data.ai. (September 6, 2021). Time spent on mobile social apps worldwide from 1st half 2019 to 1st half 2021, by region (in million hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268491/global-time-spent-social-apps-by-region/
Data.ai. "Time spent on mobile social apps worldwide from 1st half 2019 to 1st half 2021, by region (in million hours)." Chart. September 6, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268491/global-time-spent-social-apps-by-region/
Data.ai. (2021). Time spent on mobile social apps worldwide from 1st half 2019 to 1st half 2021, by region (in million hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268491/global-time-spent-social-apps-by-region/
Data.ai. "Time Spent on Mobile Social Apps Worldwide from 1st Half 2019 to 1st Half 2021, by Region (in Million Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268491/global-time-spent-social-apps-by-region/
Data.ai, Time spent on mobile social apps worldwide from 1st half 2019 to 1st half 2021, by region (in million hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268491/global-time-spent-social-apps-by-region/ (last visited February 03, 2023)
Time spent on mobile social apps worldwide from 1st half 2019 to 1st half 2021, by region (in million hours) [Graph], Data.ai, September 6, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268491/global-time-spent-social-apps-by-region/