This statistic presents the level of trustworthiness of social media sites according to adults in the United States as of November 2018, by ethnicity. According to the findings, 20 percent of African-American respondents reported that they placed a lot of trust towards social media platforms. In comparison, only 13 percent of White respondents stated the same.
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Morning Consult, & The Hollywood Reporter. (November 8, 2018). Trustworthiness of social media sites according to adults in the United States as of November 2018, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/990209/social-media-levels-trustworthiness-adults-usa-ethnicity/
Morning Consult, und The Hollywood Reporter. "Trustworthiness of social media sites according to adults in the United States as of November 2018, by ethnicity." Chart. November 8, 2018. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990209/social-media-levels-trustworthiness-adults-usa-ethnicity/
Morning Consult, The Hollywood Reporter. (2018). Trustworthiness of social media sites according to adults in the United States as of November 2018, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/990209/social-media-levels-trustworthiness-adults-usa-ethnicity/
Morning Consult, and The Hollywood Reporter. "Trustworthiness of Social Media Sites According to Adults in The United States as of November 2018, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990209/social-media-levels-trustworthiness-adults-usa-ethnicity/
Morning Consult & The Hollywood Reporter, Trustworthiness of social media sites according to adults in the United States as of November 2018, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/990209/social-media-levels-trustworthiness-adults-usa-ethnicity/ (last visited May 13, 2025)
Trustworthiness of social media sites according to adults in the United States as of November 2018, by ethnicity [Graph], Morning Consult, & The Hollywood Reporter, November 8, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/990209/social-media-levels-trustworthiness-adults-usa-ethnicity/
