Brazil: reliance on WhatsApp as a news source 2022

As of February 2022, more than half – 51 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 27 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 2022, by age group

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Release date

June 2022

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Region

Brazil

Survey time period

January and February 2022

Number of respondents

2,022 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

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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