Social networks do not stop growing and are an important part of the Internet. As time goes by, people spend more and more hours of their daily lives on them, watching or creating content. In fact, a graph of Visual capitalist citing data from We are social reveals the list of countries that spend the most time on social networks.
Surely as you read this you will believe that this is a country like Spain, the United States, Germany or Japan. The truth is that such an assumption couldn’t be further from the truth.
This chart lists the 20 countries where people spend the most time using social media on average. The reference used is people aged between 16 and 64.. Additionally, averages going back to January 2024 are used.
As incredible as it may seem, The first place in this graph is occupied by Kenya with three hours and 43 minutes, followed by South Africa with three hours and 37 minutes. Third place would go to Brazil (three hours and 34 minutes), followed by the Philippines (three hours and 33 minutes) and in fifth place Nigeria (three hours and 23 minutes).
In sixth place Colombia (three hours and 22 minutes), followed by Chile (three hours and eleven minutes). Eighth place is occupied by Indonesia, with the same time as Chile, while ninth place goes to Saudi Arabia (three hours and ten minutes) and tenth to Argentina (three hours and eight minutes).
In the infographic mentioned above, the other ten remaining countries that continue in the ranking are Mexico, Malaysia, Ghana, Egypt, Thailand, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Portugal, Romania, and Italy. Spain does not appear on the list.
Other interesting facts
In addition to those mentioned in the infographic, other very surprising data regarding people’s habits on social networks have also been published. The most notable are the following:
- Most people They spend two hours a day on social networks.
- Residents of Japan They are the ones who spend less time on social networks (1 hour and 53 minutes per day).
- Women spend more time on social media compared to men. Specifically 16 minutes more on average.
- Only in 2024 Humanity will spend a grand total of 500 million years on social networks.
There is other information about social networks that you should be aware of, such as how much social networks would earn from advertising sent to children and teenagers. Also, you may be interested in knowing the cost of your social media information on the Dark Web. Check both articles why you might be interested.
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