As per the results of a survey on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on media usage across India, there was a spike in usage of social networking applications in the first phase of the nation-wide lockdown. This stabilized in the following weeks with individual users reporting an average 3 hours and 37 minutes on social media in the last week of June that year.
Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on social media usage across India from January to July 2020
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BARC, & Nielsen. (July 9, 2020). Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on social media usage across India from January to July 2020 (in hours.minutes per week) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114459/india-coronavirus-impact-on-weekly-usage-time-of-social-networking-apps/
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BARC, Nielsen. (2020). Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on social media usage across India from January to July 2020 (in hours.minutes per week). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1114459/india-coronavirus-impact-on-weekly-usage-time-of-social-networking-apps/
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