As of February 2023, more than half – 53 percent – of internet users surveyed in Brazil and aged 55 years and over said they accessed news on WhatsApp. Among respondents from the 25-34 age group, the share stood at 33 percent. The reliance on Facebook as a news source in Brazil was also lower among internet users aged 25 to 34.
Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2023, 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 14, 2023). Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2023, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 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 2023, by age group." Chart. June 14, 2023. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2023). Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2023, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 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 2023, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jun 2023, 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 2023, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Share of news consumers who used WhatsApp as a source of news in Brazil as of February 2023, by age group [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 14, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/982017/whatsapp-usage-for-news-consumption-brazil-age-group/