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A survey conducted in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020 among teenagers and young adults asked participants whether they had a public or private social media profile. Slightly over half reported having a public profile, while only 17.5 percent had made theirs private. 30 percent of respondents however claimed to have a mix of both public and private social media profiles. This relatively high level of trust when it came to social media can perhaps be explained by a 2019 survey, where 88 percent of respondents in the UK claimed they had Share of Generation Z with public, private, or multiple social media profiles in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020
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The Digital Fairy. (February 10, 2020). Share of Generation Z with public, private, or multiple social media profiles in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119912/gen-z-social-media-profiles-uk/
The Digital Fairy. "Share of Generation Z with public, private, or multiple social media profiles in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020." Chart. February 10, 2020. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119912/gen-z-social-media-profiles-uk/
The Digital Fairy. (2020). Share of Generation Z with public, private, or multiple social media profiles in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119912/gen-z-social-media-profiles-uk/
The Digital Fairy. "Share of Generation Z with Public, Private, or Multiple Social Media Profiles in The United Kingdom (Uk) in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119912/gen-z-social-media-profiles-uk/
The Digital Fairy, Share of Generation Z with public, private, or multiple social media profiles in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119912/gen-z-social-media-profiles-uk/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
Share of Generation Z with public, private, or multiple social media profiles in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2020 [Graph], The Digital Fairy, February 10, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119912/gen-z-social-media-profiles-uk/