33 Million Nigerians On YouTube, WhatsApp, Others – Report
Thirty three million Nigerians are active on social media, with the most used social media platforms being WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube. According to the Digital 2021 – Nigeria report by Datareportal, 15.8 percent of a total population of 208.8 million Nigerian citizens are active on social media platforms. The report said the number of social media users in Nigeria increased by six million between January 2020 and January 2021. It also said that Internet penetration in Nigeria stood at 50 percent, with 104.4 million Internet users in January 2021, an increase of 19 million from January 2020. The data showed that Nigerians aged 16-64 spent an average of four hours, 55 minutes using the Internet on mobile devices in a day, and spent an average of three hours and 41 minutes on social media
The most visited site in Nigeria was Google with a total visit of 220 million
Users spent an average of 18 minutes, 14 seconds on Google. The next was Bet9ja with a total visit of 86.1 million with an average time of 25 minutes and 58 seconds. Facebook followed with total visits at 48.3 million, with an average time per visit at 28 minutes and 39 seconds.
