In a survey from January 2022, news or information circulated on YouTube was the most highly trusted among social media platforms in India as indicated by 17 percent of respondents. Meanwhile, WhatsApp secured the highest share of respondents who moderately trusted information and news they received on the platform, that is 38 percent. Information shared on platforms such as Clubhouse, Signal, and Telegram garnered the least trust among Indian users.
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Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. (October 27, 2022). Level of trust in information or news received on social media platforms in India as of January 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388768/india-level-of-trust-in-information-or-news-received-on-social-media/
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. "Level of trust in information or news received on social media platforms in India as of January 2022." Chart. October 27, 2022. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388768/india-level-of-trust-in-information-or-news-received-on-social-media/
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. (2022). Level of trust in information or news received on social media platforms in India as of January 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388768/india-level-of-trust-in-information-or-news-received-on-social-media/
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. "Level of Trust in Information or News Received on Social Media Platforms in India as of January 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388768/india-level-of-trust-in-information-or-news-received-on-social-media/
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Level of trust in information or news received on social media platforms in India as of January 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388768/india-level-of-trust-in-information-or-news-received-on-social-media/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Level of trust in information or news received on social media platforms in India as of January 2022 [Graph], Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, October 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1388768/india-level-of-trust-in-information-or-news-received-on-social-media/