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Hours per day on social media in the Netherlands 2017, by age group

Distribution of social media users in the Netherlands in 2017, by hours spent per day on social media and age group

The data displays the answers to a survey question on the average daily hours spent on social media in the Netherlands in 2017, by age group. Social media are popular in the Netherlands, especially WhatsApp and Facebook. The number of daily active users of WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat in the Netherlands increased between 2016 and 2017. As of 2018, roughly 11 million individuals in the Netherlands used Facebook. 8.3 million of these used Facebook on a daily basis. When it comes to time spent, especially younger respondents indicate they are active between one and five hours on social media.

Less than one hour per day	18	34	51	61	72	72	69
One to three hours per day	43	53	42	34	27	26	30
Three to five hours per day	29	9	5	5	1	2	0
Five to ten hours per day	9	3	1	0	1	0	1
Ten hours per day or more	2	0	1	0	0	0	0

Hours per day on social media in the Netherlands 2017, by age group

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