During a 2024 survey fielded in Brazil, less than one-third (21 percent) of responding internet users aged between 25 and 34 years said they accessed news on Facebook. Among respondents aged 55 and over, the share stood at 35 percent. Overall, more than 40 percent of internet users in Brazil used WhatsApp to consume news at the beginning of 2024.
Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2024, by age group
The source adds the following information: "... online samples will tend to under-represent the news consumption habits of people who are older and less affluent, meaning online use is typically over-represented and traditional offline use under-represented. In this sense, it is better to think of results as representative of the online population."
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 17, 2024). Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2024, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2024, by age group." Chart. June 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2024). Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2024, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of News Consumers Who Used Facebook as a Source of News in Brazil as of February 2024, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2024, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of news consumers who used Facebook as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2024, by age group [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/981948/facebook-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
