During a survey conducted from June to August 2018, approximately 64.6 percent of male respondents from 18 Latin American countries stated they used WhatsApp. Meanwhile, 63.7 percent of female interviewees claimed to use that social network.
The survey was carried out in 18 countries of the region (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela). In each of the countries the number of respondents amounted to between 1,000 and 1,200. The samples were representative for the population of each of the countries.
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Corporación Latinobarómetro. (November 9, 2018). Share of WhatsApp users in Latin America in 2018, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/754335/latin-america-usage-penetration-whatsapp/
Corporación Latinobarómetro. "Share of WhatsApp users in Latin America in 2018, by gender." Chart. November 9, 2018. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/754335/latin-america-usage-penetration-whatsapp/
Corporación Latinobarómetro. (2018). Share of WhatsApp users in Latin America in 2018, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/754335/latin-america-usage-penetration-whatsapp/
Corporación Latinobarómetro. "Share of Whatsapp Users in Latin America in 2018, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Nov 2018, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/754335/latin-america-usage-penetration-whatsapp/
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Share of WhatsApp users in Latin America in 2018, by gender [Graph], Corporación Latinobarómetro, November 9, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/754335/latin-america-usage-penetration-whatsapp/