Comment on US adults social media usage by platform
calliope@retrolemmy.com 9 hours ago
This is such embarrassing reporting from The Verge. Leave it to the AI reporter to fail to understand a very basic survey I guess.
Far from a relic, Facebook remains a fixture for more than 70% of Americans.
This is literally not what the study says. The study says that 70% of people who used some type of social media used Facebook. Not 70% of Americans.
Here’s the gist of the question they asked:
% of U.S. adults who say they ever use …
People who didn’t answer weren’t included.
And, if someone used Facebook for a buy/sell/trade transaction, it’s counted as “social media” usage.
No wonder YouTube is at the top. Yikes.
Ashtear@piefed.social 4 hours ago
Not sure how you got to that conclusion. The survey prompt was “Please indicate whether or not you ever use the following websites or apps.” 29% responded that they do not use the platform, less than 1% did not respond. That’s 70%.
calliope@retrolemmy.com 3 hours ago
You’re right, I was misreading pages 41 and 42 of the data.
I appreciate the correction!