For the EU as a whole, the rate of internet users aged between 16 and 74 who use social networks came to 63%.
Hungary led the way in social network usage among member states, followed by Malta (82%), Belgium (80%), Cyprus (79%) and Denmark (77%).
Bottom of the ranking was France, where just 47% of internet users had a presence on social networks in 2016, while low presence was also recorded in Slovenia (51%), the Czech Republic (55%), Germany (56%), Austria (58%) and Poland (60%).
The rate of social network usage amounted to 97% of Hungarian internet users between the ages of 16 and 24, and a still high 55% for older users aged between 65 and 74.
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