As of February 2021, more than half – 53 percent – of internet users surveyed in Brazil and aged 55 years and over said they accessed news on WhatsApp. Among respondents from the 18-24 age group, the share stood at 34 percent. The reliance on Facebook as a news source in Brazil was also lower among internet users aged 18 to 24.
Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2021, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2021, by age group." Chart. June 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 27, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2021). Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2021, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 27, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of News Consumers Who Used Whatsapp 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/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2021, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/ (last visited May 27, 2022)
