Cyprus 3rd among EU countries in the social networks
It seems that the Cypriots in Cyprus are increasingly becoming more interested in the social networks (such as Facebook), as shown by a Eurostat survey, where Cyprus ranks 3rd among the EU countries in terms of how many people aged 16-74 participated in social networks in 2020. Are there any reasons for that? What do you think?
In fact, according to our own observation, the grassroots reunification movement, on both sides of our divided island, is making good use of the social networks, and this is only the beginning.
In the EU, 57% of people aged 16-74 participated in social networks in 2020 in the last 3 months prior to the survey, up by 3 percentage points compared with 2019. The EU’s social network participation rate has steadily increased since the beginning of the data collection (36% in 2011).
Social network participation includes activities such as creating a user profile, posting messages or other contributions to social networks.
Among EU Member States, the social network participation rate was highest in Denmark (85%), ahead of Belgium (79%; low reliability), Cyprus (78%), Finland (75%) and Hungary (74%).
Among younger people in the EU aged 16 to 24 years, almost 9 in every 10 participated in social networks (87%). This share ranged from 79% in Italy to 97% in Denmark.
Among older people aged 65 to 74 years, over a fifth (22%) participated in social networks. This share ranged from 10% in Croatia to 60% in Denmark.
