In 2019, roughly 90 percent of the 25-to-34-year olds in Flanders used Facebook in the past month. That year, 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.
Share of respondents who used Facebook in the past month in Flanders in Belgium from 2017 to 2019, by age group
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inhabits from Flanders, Belgium's Dutch-speaking region
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Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)
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The source states that: "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."
The source states: ''Using Facebook at least one hour a day''.
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IMEC. (February 20, 2020). Share of respondents who used Facebook in the past month in Flanders in Belgium from 2017 to 2019, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/684741/flemish-facebook-users-in-belgium-by-age-group/
IMEC. "Share of respondents who used Facebook in the past month in Flanders in Belgium from 2017 to 2019, by age group." Chart. February 20, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/684741/flemish-facebook-users-in-belgium-by-age-group/
IMEC. (2020). Share of respondents who used Facebook in the past month in Flanders in Belgium from 2017 to 2019, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/684741/flemish-facebook-users-in-belgium-by-age-group/
IMEC. "Share of Respondents Who Used Facebook in The past Month in Flanders in Belgium from 2017 to 2019, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/684741/flemish-facebook-users-in-belgium-by-age-group/
IMEC, Share of respondents who used Facebook in the past month in Flanders in Belgium from 2017 to 2019, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/684741/flemish-facebook-users-in-belgium-by-age-group/ (last visited April 27, 2025)
Share of respondents who used Facebook in the past month in Flanders in Belgium from 2017 to 2019, by age group [Graph], IMEC, February 20, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/684741/flemish-facebook-users-in-belgium-by-age-group/
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