This statistic illustrates the findings of a survey on the device preference for social networking in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015, broken down by age group. In 2015, it was found that 77 percent of respondents aged 16 to 24 reported to most often use a smartphone for social networking, while 33 percent of respondents over the age of 55 preferred a laptop. The aforementioned group was the only group in which smartphones were not the device that was most often used to visit social networking sites.
Which one of these devices do you use most for social media?
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Ofcom. (April 21, 2016). Which one of these devices do you use most for social media? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/309558/device-preference-for-social-networking-in-the-uk-by-age/
Ofcom. "Which one of these devices do you use most for social media?." Chart. April 21, 2016. Statista. Accessed August 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/309558/device-preference-for-social-networking-in-the-uk-by-age/
Ofcom. (2016). Which one of these devices do you use most for social media?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/309558/device-preference-for-social-networking-in-the-uk-by-age/
Ofcom. "Which One of These Devices Do You Use Most for Social Media?." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Apr 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/309558/device-preference-for-social-networking-in-the-uk-by-age/
Ofcom, Which one of these devices do you use most for social media? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/309558/device-preference-for-social-networking-in-the-uk-by-age/ (last visited August 19, 2022)