Table 1.

Average membership and posts for each Facebook group in the pre- and post-pandemic period

	Average membership				Posts
	Pre-pandemic	Pandemic	% Change	p-value	Pre-pandemic	Pandemic	% Change	p-value
Flex Endo	647.98 ± 11.40	745.42 ± 83.14	13.07	0.00001	0.26 ± 0.54	0.86 ± 1.22	69.77	0.005
Acute Care	1198.52 ± 23.75	1340.10 ± 93.32	10.56	0.00001	0.69 ± 0.93	1.37 ± 1.31	49.64	0.018
HPB	1403.00 ± 8.64	1535.72 ± 131.32	8.64	0.00001	1.12 ± 1.34	1.62 ± 1.86	30.86	0.195
Robotic	1574.40 ± 44.94	1736.30 ± 107.00	9.32	0.00001	0.76 ± 0.91	0.62 ± 0.90	− 22.58	0.495
Hernia	1209.54 ± 222.25	1385 ± 86.85	12.67	0.00001	0.76 ± 1.00	0.53 ± 0.71	− 43.40	0.231
Colorectal	2603.17 ± 7.41	2801.98 ± 175.92	7.10	0.00001	2.37 ± 1.62	4.26 ± 2.42	44.37	0.00006
Foregut	2555.98 ± 7.85	2693 ± 116.81	5.09	0.00001	2.71 ± 2.00	4.23 ± 3.68	35.93	0.019
Bariatric	1457.38 ± 7.08	1566.81 ± 101.50	6.98	0.00001	1.21 ± 1.44	3.37 ± 3.37	64.09	0.0003

Bold values are statistically significant for p-value