In France, 60 percent of the respondents used Facebook for any purposes and 39 percent declared using Facebook for the purpose of getting news as of 2020. YouTube and Facebook Messenger came in second and third positions when it comes to news with 24 and 14 percent respectively that same year.
Ranking of the most used social networks and messaging applications among French people in 2021
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (September 12, 2021). Ranking of the most used social networks and messaging applications among French people in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/946338/ranking-social-networks-used-for-news-france/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Ranking of the most used social networks and messaging applications among French people in 2021." Chart. September 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/946338/ranking-social-networks-used-for-news-france/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2021). Ranking of the most used social networks and messaging applications among French people in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/946338/ranking-social-networks-used-for-news-france/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Ranking of The Most Used Social Networks and Messaging Applications among French People in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/946338/ranking-social-networks-used-for-news-france/
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