Participants of the survey were asked which social media platforms were used by them. Among the different platforms, Facebook scored the highest with 80% of the users being active on the platform, with Instagram at 68%, and TikTok and Twitter almost tied at 50%.
LinkedIn ranked 35% concerning usage while Whatsapp scored 33% among the respondents. They scored much less compared to the other competitors. Moreover, 6.6% of the participants used other social media platforms, with 3.7% didn’t use any platform at all.
When asked how frequently users encountered any scams on their respective social media apps, the results were very even. Over a third of the respondents said they encountered a scam once every day. Moreover, over a quarter said they encountered a scam every week. Furthermore, 15% said they received a scam every month, and under a third said they encountered a scam in more than one month.
There’s been a significant rise in the number of scams ever since reaching the peak during the pandemic in 2021. They’ve maintained this trend in 2022 as well, especially during Black Friday and the prime sales period, the number of scams sees a huge spike in popularity.
But 34% and 30% of the respondents felt very confident and confident in their ability to not be fooled by scams they encountered. A quarter of the…
