During the COVID-19 outbreak, in March 2020, most (40 percent) of posts on Twitter in Latin America mentioning the disease or the term 'coronavirus' contained at least one photo. Around one fourth (25 percent) of tweets in the region addressing the pandemic included a video.
Distribution of posts on Twitter containing the words 'coronavirus' or 'COVID-19' in Latin America in March 2020, by type
Characteristic
Share of tweets
Photos
40%
Links
28%
Videos
25%
Status
7%
• Photos 40%
• Links 28%
• Videos 25%
• Status 7%
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ebizLatam. (April 13, 2020). Distribution of posts on Twitter containing the words 'coronavirus' or 'COVID-19' in Latin America in March 2020, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1116552/distribution-posts-twitter-coronavirus-covid19-latin-america-type/
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