In 2019, nearly eight out of ten respondents from Belgium's Dutch-speaking region Flanders said they had used Facebook during the past month. In 2019, over seven million people in Belgium used Facebook, a number that makes up around 60 percent of the country's population. Downloads of the Facebook app in Belgium decreased in 2018, especially in on the Google Play Store. It was downloaded approximately 495,000 times through the Apple App Store and roughly 511,000 times on the Google Play Store.
Which of the listed social media platforms have you used during the past month?
inhabitants from Flanders, Belgium's Dutch-speaking region
Method of interview
Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)
Supplementary notes
* The source mentions that the number for 2017 has a "statistically significant change compared to the previous year, based on a chi-square test".
** Figures are rounded
The figures have been taken from several publications.
The source adds: "digiMeter provides a snapshot view of the adoption and use of media and IT. It is based on the self-reporting of media consumers. As such, the results should be interpreted as the perception respondents have of their own media consumption. The methodology does not allow for assumptions on the effective media reach."
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