60% people spent at least one hour using WhatsApp in past few days: Gallup & Gilani Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Nov 16 (SABAH): According to a survey conducted by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, 60% people spent at least one hour using WhatsApp in the past few days.

A nationally representative sample of adult men and women from across the country was asked the following question regarding, “Keeping in mind the past few days, can you please tell me how much time did you spend using WhatsApp?” 40% said that they had not spent any time using WhatsApp, 19% spent 1 hour, 19% spent 2 hours, 3% spent 3 hours, 3% spent 4 hours, 5% spent 5 hours and 11% said that they spent more than 5 hours using WhatsApp in the past few days.

On average, females use WhatsApp for 5 hours on average as compared to males who use it for three hours on average. The use of WhatsApp seems to decrease with age as 18-23 year old’s spend seven hours on the app on average, 24-30 year old’s spend three hours on average, 31-50 year old’s spend three hours on average and 50+ year old’s spend three hours on average using WhatsApp.