The statistic provides information on the share of consumers who used selected social media networks to access news in the last week as of February 2019. During the survey, 36 percent of respondents stated they used Facebook to access news, compared to ten percent who used Twitter for this purpose and just three percent of respondents who had turned to Snapchat for news in the past week as of the date of survey.
Share of consumers who used selected social media networks to access news in the last week worldwide as of February 2019
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 11, 2019). Share of consumers who used selected social media networks to access news in the last week worldwide as of February 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 10, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/308447/social-network-usage-news-access-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of consumers who used selected social media networks to access news in the last week worldwide as of February 2019." Chart. June 11, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 10, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/308447/social-network-usage-news-access-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2019). Share of consumers who used selected social media networks to access news in the last week worldwide as of February 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 10, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/308447/social-network-usage-news-access-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of Consumers Who Used Selected Social Media Networks to Access News in The Last Week Worldwide as of February 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/308447/social-network-usage-news-access-worldwide/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Share of consumers who used selected social media networks to access news in the last week worldwide as of February 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/308447/social-network-usage-news-access-worldwide/ (last visited January 10, 2020)
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