73 Percent of the Population Gets Information from Social Media

Social media is the most frequently accessed platform for information by the Indonesian public. According to a survey conducted by the Katadata Insight Center (KIC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo), titled "Status Literasi Digital di Indonesia 2021" (Status of Digital Literacy in Indonesia 2021), 73 percent of respondents in 2021 used social media to obtain information.

Although the percentage was higher in 2020 at 76 percent, social media still dominates as the primary source of information. Television is the second most frequently accessed source, with a percentage of 59.7 percent in 2021 and 59.5 percent in 2020. Online news follows in third place, at 26.7 percent in 2021 and 25.2 percent in 2020.

Other sources, such as official government websites, print media, radio, and others, each had percentages below 15 percent. In fact, some respondents did not access any information at all.

The total number of respondents in this survey was 10,000, with a sample determined by household members aged 13-70 years who accessed the internet within the last three months.