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Table 2 Percentage of self-reported individual and cumulative SM platform use for the total sample, and stratified by gender

From: Further evidence of the association between social media use, eating disorder pathology and appearance ideals and pressure: a cross-sectional study in Norwegian adolescents

 

Visual SM platforms

Textual/other SM platforms

Snapchat

Instagram

TikTok

Pinterest

Tinder

YouTube

Facebook

Jodel

Twitter

Reddit

Twitch

Total sample

93.8%

90.8%

75.0%

57.2%

10.6%

85.9%

55.6%

26.6%

19.0%

14.1%

13.7%

 Cumulative frequency

–

88.5%

70.7%

28.9%

3.4%

–

48.8%

17.3%

4.9%

1.80%

2.3%

Girls (n = 828)

97.9%

96.1%

84.7%

7.5%

13.4%

77.8%

60.4%

33.2%

12.4%

3.5%

3.7%

 Cumulative frequency

–

94.7%

81.6%

49.1%

6.0%

–

49.0%

21.0%

3.4%

0.4%

0%

Boys (n = 730)

89.2%

84.7%

64.1%

34.0%

7.4%

95.1%

50.3%

19.0%

26.4%

26.3%

25.1%

 Cumulative frequency

–

81.5%

58.4%

6.0%

0.7%

–

48.5%

13.2%

6.6%

3.4%

2.3%

  1. SM use is reported in descending order, with the highest frequency reported first, followed by the next highest frequency, and so forth. The cumulative frequency is reported sequentially; for instance, frequencies reported in the Instagram column include those for Snapchat and Instagram, while frequencies in the TikTok column encompass combined frequencies for Snapchat, Instagram, and TikTok, and so forth
  2. SM social media