Millennials: social network usage discontinuation 2012

This statistic presents Millennial internet users' intention to stop using selected social networks in 2012. During the survey, it was found that 16 percent of respondents intended to stop using Hyves. Only one percent of respondents planned to stop using Facebook.

Intention to stop using social networks according to Millennial internet users worldwide in 2012

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Hyves	16%
Ning	15%
Netlog	14%
Habbo	14%
Bebo	13%
Myspace	12%
hi5	12%
Xing	12%
Friendster	12%
Orkut	11%
Facebook	1%

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Release date

October 2013

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2012

Number of respondents

n = 3,612

Age group

15-34 years

Special properties

Internet users

Method of interview

Online interview

Supplementary notes

Surveyed Millennials/Gen Y persons were aged 15 to 34 years and from 19 countries worldwide. Countries include US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, India, China, Japan, Russia, UK, Germany, Poland, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Romania.

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