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YouTube is social media’s big winner during the pandemic



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Susan Wojcicki, chief executive officer of YouTube.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesYouTube saw the most significant growth of any social media app among American users during the pandemic, the Pew Research Center reported Wednesday.The Google-owned video service saw usage grow from 73% of U.S. adults in 2019 to 81% in 2021. That was followed most closely by Reddit, which saw usage grow from 11% of U.S. adults in 2019 to 18% in 2021.The conclusions are from a survey of 1,502 U.S. adults conducted Jan. 25-Feb. 8, 2021. The overall margin of error was plus or minus 2.9 percentage points. YouTube’s popularity is especially high among 18- …

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