During a 2021 survey fielded in Brazil, less than one-third (32 percent) of responding internet users aged between 18 and 24 years said they accessed news on Facebook. Among respondents aged 45 and over, the share stood above 50 percent. Overall, 43 percent of internet users in Brazil used WhatsApp to consume news at the beginning of 2021.
Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2021, by age group
The source adds the following information: "... online samples will tend to under-represent the news consumption habits of people who are older and less affluent, meaning online use is typically over-represented and traditional offline use under-represented. In this sense, it is better to think of results as representative of the online population."
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 23, 2021). Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2021, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2021, by age group." Chart. June 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2021). Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2021, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of News Consumers Who Used Facebook as a Source of News in Brazil as of February 2021, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2021, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/ (last visited June 25, 2022)
