According to a survey on digital news conducted in Indonesia between January and February 2024, 46 percent of respondents stated that they used WhatsApp as a news source. Other popular social media platforms for consuming news were YouTube and Facebook, which were used by 41 percent and 35 percent of respondents, respectively.
Leading social media and messaging platforms for consuming news in Indonesia as of February 2024
conducted among a sample based on nationally representative quotas for age, gender, and region.
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
According to the source, data were obtained through online surveys. This will tend to represent younger and more affluent users which should be taken into consideration when interpreting results. In this sense, it will be better to interpret the results as a representative of the online population.
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