WhatsApp Is The Most Addictive Social Media In India

Smartphones and Internet access are becoming increasingly popular in India. People spend more time using their phones to play online games, read the news and especially use social networks. WhatsApp is the application that many Indians use the most regularly compared to other social networking applications.

This development also involves many problems such as online harassment, misinformation, and addiction. It can be seen that this is a problem for all technology companies and many countries around the world, including India.

People in India tend to be addicted to WhatsApp over other platforms

According to a survey of YouGov about Indian smartphone users, WhatsApp is the most used social networking application in the country. Second is the famous social networking site Facebook. Figures prove that three out of every five Indians use WhatsApp actively. More importantly, the collected data on Facebook shows that up to 90% of people who install the app in their phones are men and women only account for 82%.

In addition, people over 30 years old usually use WhatsApp more than people under 30 years old. And women appear fond of chat a lot more than men (62% versus 56%).

The survey asked what technology they may get addicted to in the future, almost everyone's answer was WhatsApp. The second potential addiction is the well-known phone addiction. Despite the scandal for Cambridge Analytica last year, people still believe that Facebook ranked third in the list to become one of the most common tech addictions.

According to the survey, however, people over 30 are more likely to believe that they will be addicted to WhatsApp but people under 30 assert that they would choose their phone over WhatsApp.

Everyone must select information when forwarding it to others

When people are asked how the online usage habits will positively change in 2019, only nearly 30 people say they probably will review the information carefully before sharing it with others. Meanwhile, over 33 percent said they would be more careful in making online friends.

In addition, the survey also mentioned which social network accounts people would probably deactivate in the new year, and with a fifth of the votes, Facebook becomes the first choice.