South Africa: Survey On Mxit Users, Social Time, Stranger Interaction

A recent survey conducted by UNICEF in partnership with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, MXit and the University of Cape Town, revealed that 30% of MXit users admitted to spending most of their after-school time socialising on the platform.

Published 11 October 2011, the study is based on a questionnaire sent out to a portion of the over 44 million MXit users and is the first research project undertaken of the platform by UNICEF. The survey researched 25 876 South African youths to see how young people interact on the social media platform.

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