This statistic presents the share of reasons that Facebook users in the United States are sharing less content with friends and followers on social media as of April 2018. According to the findings, 47 percent of surveyed Facebook users reported that the main reason as to why they were sharing less content with friends and followers on the social media platform was due to their privacy concerns revolving around Facebook itself.
Reasons that Facebook users in the United States are sharing less content with friends and followers on social media as of April 2018
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Have privacy concerns
47%
Spending too much time on the service
31%
Heard negative news stories in the media
20%
News feeds seemed biased toward liberal viewpoints
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eMarketer. (June 19, 2018). Reasons that Facebook users in the United States are sharing less content with friends and followers on social media as of April 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/881655/reasons-facebook-users-share-less-content-followers-friends-social-media/
eMarketer. "Reasons that Facebook users in the United States are sharing less content with friends and followers on social media as of April 2018." Chart. June 19, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881655/reasons-facebook-users-share-less-content-followers-friends-social-media/
eMarketer. (2018). Reasons that Facebook users in the United States are sharing less content with friends and followers on social media as of April 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/881655/reasons-facebook-users-share-less-content-followers-friends-social-media/
eMarketer. "Reasons That Facebook Users in The United States Are Sharing Less Content with Friends and Followers on Social Media as of April 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881655/reasons-facebook-users-share-less-content-followers-friends-social-media/
eMarketer, Reasons that Facebook users in the United States are sharing less content with friends and followers on social media as of April 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/881655/reasons-facebook-users-share-less-content-followers-friends-social-media/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Reasons that Facebook users in the United States are sharing less content with friends and followers on social media as of April 2018 [Graph], eMarketer, June 19, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/881655/reasons-facebook-users-share-less-content-followers-friends-social-media/
