This statistic displays use of online communication and messaging platforms in Great Britain 2013, sorted by user's lifestage. In 2013, 61 percent of students reported primarily using social networking sites to send messages over the internet, whereas the share of retired users using social network sites for messaging only amounted to 13 percent.
Do you use primarily use e-mail or social networking sites to send messages over the internet?
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Oxford Internet Institute. (October 8, 2013). Do you use primarily use e-mail or social networking sites to send messages over the internet? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/274978/internet-messaging-platforms-used-in-great-britain-by-lifestage/
Oxford Internet Institute. "Do you use primarily use e-mail or social networking sites to send messages over the internet?." Chart. October 8, 2013. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/274978/internet-messaging-platforms-used-in-great-britain-by-lifestage/
Oxford Internet Institute. (2013). Do you use primarily use e-mail or social networking sites to send messages over the internet?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/274978/internet-messaging-platforms-used-in-great-britain-by-lifestage/
Oxford Internet Institute. "Do You Use Primarily Use E-mail or Social Networking Sites to Send Messages over The Internet?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Oct 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/274978/internet-messaging-platforms-used-in-great-britain-by-lifestage/
Oxford Internet Institute, Do you use primarily use e-mail or social networking sites to send messages over the internet? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/274978/internet-messaging-platforms-used-in-great-britain-by-lifestage/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Do you use primarily use e-mail or social networking sites to send messages over the internet? [Graph], Oxford Internet Institute, October 8, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/274978/internet-messaging-platforms-used-in-great-britain-by-lifestage/