Belgium: most popular social media networks Flemish teenagers 2016

The statistic displayed above shows the most popular daily used social media networks by teenagers in Flanders in 2016, by gender. In 2016, 85 percent of the boys indicated they used Facebook at least once a day. Facebook usage among girls differs only slightly, as 90 percent of the surveyed Flemish girls uses Facebook at least once a day.

The survey included daily social media usage of several social platforms. For example video platform YouTube, micro blogging platform Twitter and social picture platforms like Snapchat and Instagram. According to this survey, Facebook is the most popular social platform among Flemish teenagers. The social platform with the lowest daily usage among Flemish boys in 2016, is Pinterest. Five percent of boys from Flanders use the clipboard platform Pinterest daily. As for girls, Pinterest shares the last place of daily used platforms with Twitter. According to the survey, both platforms are used by almost 20 percent of the Flemish girls.

Most popular daily used social media networks among teenagers in Flanders in 2016, by gender

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Release date

May 2016

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

September 2015 to January 2016

Number of respondents

2,663 respondents

Age group

12-18 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Apestaartjaren is a survey that is published every two years. For the version of 2016, 11 secondary schools in Flanders were contacted to fill in the online survey.

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "I log on to the following social media networks at least once per day." (Ik log minstens één keer per dag in op dit sociale netwerk.)"

Multiple answers were possible.

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