Adjusting privacy settings on social media sites in the UK 2015

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 24, 2015
This statistic displays the findings of a survey on the share of individuals who tried changing privacy settings on their personal profiles from the default settings on social media sites in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2015. During the survey, it was found that 28 percent of respondents reported that they never tried to change privacy settings on their social media profiles.

Share of individuals who tried changing privacy settings on their personal profiles from the default settings on social media sites in the United Kingdom (UK) as of March 2015*

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Yes 71%
No 28%
Don't know 1%
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Release date

June 2015

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

February 28, 2015 to March 9, 2015

Number of respondents

1,328 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

residents.

Supplementary notes

* Original survey question was phrased as the following:
"QB9 Have you ever tried to change the privacy settings of your personal profile from the default settings on an online social network?

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