Time spent online dips for the first time in South Africa

An overview of online consumption by activity in South Africa between 2012 and 2018.

Online consumption in South Africa has fallen for the first time, according to the latest data from GlobalWebIndex. Despite growing by nearly two hours between 2012 and 2017, time spent online dipped five minutes last year. Total online consumption equalled eight hours and 25 minutes per day in 2018, marginally above the regional average.

Social media is the most popular online activity, reaching nearly three hours last year. This is despite over half of people not trusting information from social media and thinking platforms have too much power and influence. TV and...

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