Tiago Bianchi
Research expert covering internet & gaming in Latin America and Spain
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Facebook is, by far, the most used social media in Peru, representing about 64 percent of social network visits made in 2020 by users in the country. Its scope is such that, according to a survey, more than nine out of ten online social platform users would have an account on Mark Zuckerberg’s network. Although Facebook has seduced both young and old, its Peruvian audience consists primarily of adults between 25 and 34 years old. The question is, will it succeed in staying attractive and fashionable for the coming generations? Focusing on visual content, Instagram and TikTok are bringing some serious competition to the table. While Instagram registered a 200 percent market share increase in Peru between 2019 and 2020, the video sharing app, TikTok's adoption has kept on growing since its release in 2016.COVID-19’s impact
As in many countries, the social distancing measures put in place in Peru to control the spread of the novel coronavirus led the population to turn to online solutions to keep in touch with their loved ones, thereby reinforcing social media involvement. From the beginning of the sanitary emergency to the end of the lockdown, both the percentage of visitors to social networks and the time they devoted to this activity grew by almost 20 percentage points. During this period, the three social platforms previously mentioned, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, were those that recorded the greatest usage increase. As such, a wider and more frequent use of social media seems so far to be part of the new normal in the post-COVID era.
