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Question: How often, if ever, do you post or share things about political or social issues on social media ? often, sometimes, rarely or never?
Choices: "Often" "Sometimes" "Rarely" "Never"
Data: % of "Often"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Republic of Korea51.9%
2 Israel44.1%
3 Spain34.7%
4 Poland34.3%
5 Greece33.2%
6 Malaysia31.4%
7 Italy30.1%
8 Canada 28.7%
9 United Kingdom27.7%
10 Sweden26.9%
11 France25.4%
11 Germany25.4%
13 Australia23.5%
14 Netherlands20.1%
15 Hungary19.8%
16 Belgium19.1%
17 Singapore17.6%
18 Japan16.7%
19 United States6.6%

Note
% of those who ever use social media. Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 219 countries.

Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.621227 X +6.770
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.136
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.018

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -87825.138678 X +67794.822
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.457
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.209

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 5.642634 X +79.396
Correlation coefficient (r)0.182
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.033

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.167157 X +1.503
Correlation coefficient (r)0.039
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -3.953775 X +10.799
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.095
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.009