Reasons for non-usage of Facebook according to U.S. internet users 2017

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Stacy Jo Dixon,
Feb 13, 2024
This statistic gives information on the most common reasons why internet users in the United States were not using Facebook. During the October 2017 survey, 62.4 percent of respondents stated that they did not want to share anything on the social media platform.

Reasons for internet users in the United States to not use Facebook as of October 2017

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Release date

October 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

September 28 to October 10, 2017

Number of respondents

1,520 respondents

Supplementary notes

You said you did not use Facebook. Why not?

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