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Latin America: change in market share of social media sites 2020
Between 2019 and 2020, the market shares of Facebook and Pinterest have declined in most of the six largest Latin American markets. In Brazil and Colombia, Facebook's market shared decreased by nearly ** and ** percent, respectively. Only in Chile Mark Zuckerberg's flagship saw an increase in market share: it went almost *** percent up. Concurrently, Pinterest's market share in Chile decreased by over a third, while just in Brazil it went up – by around **** as well.
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Even though YouTube’s market share in Latin American countries remains somewhat modest – rarely surpassing ** percent – it has risen amidst COVID-19 outbreak in the region. In Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico, the market share of Google’s video platform increased by approximately **, **, and ** percent, respectively. But not all social media users turned to YouTube more often while quarantining: its market share decreased by almost **** in Brazil.
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Instagram, which also belongs to Facebook, Inc., saw a more consistent expansion across Latin America’s key social media markets. In Brazil, its market share increased by nearly ; in Mexico, by more than ** percent; and in Peru, by over a *. Similarly, Twitter recorded growth in most of the countries listed, despite a *** percent decrease in market share in Mexico. The market share of this San Francisco-based microblogging service rose by roughly ** percent in Brazil and by ** percent in Colombia.
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