This graph shows how often UK social media users shared news on social media. One in five (20.6 percent) shared news on social media at least once a week. 69 percent of respondents didn't share any news on social media in the month before the survey was conducted.
The source adds the following information: "Online sample representative of the UK adult population, based on key demographic variables such as age, gender, and region of residence". A screening question was used to filter out respondents who had never used at least one of the following social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp
* Respondents were asked "Some people like to share news about politics on social media. Over the last month, approximately how often did you share news on social media?"
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Loughborough University. (May 2, 2019). How often do you share news on social media?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026505/online-news-sharing-on-social-media-uk/
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