How We Use Facebook

HOW WE USE FACEBOOK This infographic shows how American adults use Facebook and what they like and dislike about the site. FACEBOOK IS USED BY 57% 73% OF THOSE AGES 12-17 OF ALL AMERICAN ADULTS 64% OF FACEBOOK USERS VISIT THE SITE ON A DAILY BASIS WHAT USERS DISLIKE People sharing too much info about themselves 36% Others posting things about you without asking permission |36% Other people seeing post you didn't mean them to see 127% Temptation or pressure to share too much info about yourself 24% Pressure to post content that will be popular and gets lots of comments/likes 12% Pressure to comment on content posted by others in your network 12% Seing posts about social activities you weren't included in 15% HOW MEN AND WOMEN COMPARE 54% |39% SEEING PHOTOS OR VIDEOS 50% |42% SHARING WITH MANY PEOPLE AT ONCE 43% 135% SEEING ENTERTAINING OR FUNNY POSTS 35% |25% LEARNING HOW TO HELP OTHERS 29%| |16% RECEIVING SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE IN YOUR NETWORK 39% 139% RECEIVING UPDATES OR COMMENTS 31% 131% KEEPING UP WITH NEWS AND EVENTS 16%I | 17% GETTING FEEDBACK ON CONTENT YOU POSTED M FACEBOOK FRIEND COUNT 15% 39% HAVE MORE THAN 500 FRIENDS HAVE 1-100 FRIENDS 23% 23% HAVE 101-250 FRIENDS HAVE 251-500 FRIENDS SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.PEWRESEARCH.ORG ereatage