A July 2020 survey revealed that 14 percent of online adults in the United States thought that messenger app WeChat should be banned from operating in the United States. In particular, younger online users were more likely to oppose a ban on the Chinese messaging platform.
Original question: Do you think the following should or should not be banned from operating in the United States?
WeChat
Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.
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Morning Consult. (June 30, 2020). Share of online adults in the United who think WeChat should be banned from operating in the United States as of July 2020, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134424/us-adult-ban-wechat-age/
Morning Consult. "Share of online adults in the United who think WeChat should be banned from operating in the United States as of July 2020, by age." Chart. June 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134424/us-adult-ban-wechat-age/
Morning Consult. (2020). Share of online adults in the United who think WeChat should be banned from operating in the United States as of July 2020, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134424/us-adult-ban-wechat-age/
Morning Consult. "Share of Online Adults in The United Who Think Wechat Should Be Banned from Operating in The United States as of July 2020, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134424/us-adult-ban-wechat-age/
Morning Consult, Share of online adults in the United who think WeChat should be banned from operating in the United States as of July 2020, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134424/us-adult-ban-wechat-age/ (last visited June 17, 2025)
Share of online adults in the United who think WeChat should be banned from operating in the United States as of July 2020, by age [Graph], Morning Consult, June 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1134424/us-adult-ban-wechat-age/