According to a 2023 survey, around 37 percent of WhatsApp users in Brazil identified as leaning toward a Right-wing political position. With 11 fewer percentage points, respondents leaning Left-wing represented one-quarter of the survey's interviewees, while those on Center and who rather not answer accounted for smaller shares. Additionally, around eight percent of Brazilians used the instant-messaging app as their main source for political information.
Distribution of WhatsApp users in Brazil as of August 2023, by political position
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Statista. (September 1, 2023). Distribution of WhatsApp users in Brazil as of August 2023, by political position [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327569/whatsapp-brazil-users-political-orientation/
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Statista. (2023). Distribution of WhatsApp users in Brazil as of August 2023, by political position. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327569/whatsapp-brazil-users-political-orientation/
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