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Leading social media usage reasons worldwide 2017

Most popular reasons for internet users worldwide to use social media as of 3rd quarter 2017

The data describes the most popular reasons for internet users worldwide to use social media as of the third quarter of 2017. During the survey period, 42% of survey respondents stated that they used social media to stay in touch with what their friends were doing.

To stay in touch with what my friends are doing	42
To stay up to date with news and current events	41
To fill up spare time	39
To find funny or entertaining content	37
General networking with other people	34
Because a lot of my friends are on them	33
To share photos or videos with others	32
To share my opinion	30
To research/find products to buy	29
To meet new people	27

Leading social media usage reasons worldwide 2017

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