🔍 Key Insights:
🧠 Interpretation:
Developing countries tend to see social media as empowering for democracy.
Established democracies show concern over misinformation, polarization, and manipulation.
Most countries view social media positively for democracy.
Top 3 positive views:
Nigeria: 77% good vs. 17% bad
Mexico: 77% good vs. 20% bad
Singapore: 76% good vs. 21% bad
India, Kenya, Brazil, and Malaysia also show strong positivity (71–74% saying it's good).
Western democracies are more skeptical:
U.S. stands out with 64% saying social media is bad for democracy—the highest negative sentiment.
France, Netherlands, UK, and Canada show nearly split or negative opinions.
Germany, Japan, and Italy have more balanced but still cautious views (around 56–57% positive).
🧠 Interpretation:
Developing countries tend to see social media as empowering for democracy.
Established democracies show concern over misinformation, polarization, and manipulation.
This chart from SensorTower shows keyword downloads related to Instagram on the App Store (iPad, US) from Dec 6, 2024 to Mar 5, 2025, using a stacked area plot.
Key Takeaways:
Peak period: Downloads surged in early January 2025, peaking the week of Jan 13, approaching 250K+ total downloads.
Trending keywords: The most popular keyword was "instagram" (blue), followed by variants like "insta", "ig", and "ins".
Sustained interest: Downloads remained relatively high through January, then dipped notably in early February, before stabilizing and rising slightly again by late February.
"Other" keywords (green) dominated the volume, suggesting a wide variety of lesser-used but relevant search terms contributed to total downloads.
Key Takeaways:
Peak period: Downloads surged in early January 2025, peaking the week of Jan 13, approaching 250K+ total downloads.
Trending keywords: The most popular keyword was "instagram" (blue), followed by variants like "insta", "ig", and "ins".
Sustained interest: Downloads remained relatively high through January, then dipped notably in early February, before stabilizing and rising slightly again by late February.
"Other" keywords (green) dominated the volume, suggesting a wide variety of lesser-used but relevant search terms contributed to total downloads.
