Science-related Facebook pages increased volume of posts in the past few years | Pew Research Center

March 20, 2018

The Science People See on Social Media

Science-related Facebook pages increased volume of posts in the past few years

Science-related Facebook pages increased volume of posts in the past few years

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Science-related Facebook pages increased volume of posts in the past few years

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The Science People See on Social Media
Science-related Facebook pages draw millions of followers, but only about three-in-ten posts feature new scientific discoveries
These 30 science-related Facebook pages each have 3 million to 44 million followers as of 2017
About three-in-ten posts across top science-related Facebook pages feature new scientific discoveries
Science-related Facebook pages increased volume of posts in the past few years
The volume of posts on science-related Facebook pages varies, with more from multiplatform pages on average
Some science-related accounts are more active on Twitter than Facebook