In 2022, the level of trust in social media platforms in the United States declined across all the observed platforms. Instagram saw the most significant decline in the index score, -5.9. LinkedIn and Reddit followed, with the trust index score showing a -5.8 and -5.7 decline. YouTube saw the lowest drop in trust level among the mentioned platforms, -2.8.
Year-over-year change in the level of trust in social media platforms among users in the United States from 2021 to 2022, by platform
The source adds the following information: "a social platform's total score is calculated from weighted scores for each of the five pillars in the benchmark:
Security, Community, Legitimacy, Ad experience, Ad relevance.
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