We are two weeks away from the 2019 South African national elections. With that in mind, Facebook has revealed that the most talked about topics on its platforms ahead of the elections.
To measure the data, Facebook says it used both aggregated and anonymised data from 1st January to 22nd April this year.
According to the social media platform the distribution of election conversations by provinces revealed that people living in Gauteng, discussed election-related subjects more than any other region on the site.
More specifically 64 percent of people mentioned education, with 61 percent of people mentioning the economy, and 47 percent talking about security and 46 percent touching on labour issues.
They were much more engaged 36 percent with the election-related content compared to those from the age group of 35 years and above with 14 percent.
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