As of February 2024, close to half – 47 percent – of internet users surveyed in Brazil and aged 55 years and over said they accessed news on WhatsApp. The same was true for Brazilians aged 45 to 54 years. Among respondents from the 25-34 age group, the share stood at 31 percent. The reliance on Facebook as a news source in Brazil was also low among internet users aged 25 to 34.
Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp 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 WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2024, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2024, by age group." Chart. June 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2024). Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2024, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of News Consumers Who Used Whatsapp 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/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2024, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp 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/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
