Table 2. Totals of data collected from Twitter, Instagram and YouTube between May 21, 2018 and June 8, 2018 by province.
| Province | Population n (%) | Twitter n (%) | Instagram n (%) | YouTube n (%) | YT Comments n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Cape | 6,916,200 (12.6) | 56,396 (8.6) | 12,139 (13.4) | 955 (6.8) | 872 (77.8) |
| Free State | 2,817,900 (5.1) | 33,227 (5.1) | 3,933 (4.4) | 542 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) |
| Gauteng | 13,200,300 (24.0) | 260,026 (39.7) | 11,653 (12.9) | 4823 (34.1) | 83 (7.4) |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 10,919,100 (19.9) | 99,664 (15.2) | 7,515 (8.3) | 2027 (14.3) | 13 (1.2) |
| Limpopo | 5,726,800 (10.4) | 39,322 (6) | 9,100 (10.1) | 813 (5.8) | 5 (0.4) |
| Mpumalanga | 4,283,900 (7.8) | 32,603 (5) | 5,664 (6.3) | 723 (5.1) | 6 (0.5) |
| North West | 3,707,000 (6.7) | 22,739 (3.5) | 7,889 (8.7) | 578 (4.1) | 29 (2.6) |
| Northern Cape | 1,185,600 (2.2) | 4,285 (0.7) | 2,597 (2.9) | 770 (5.4) | 55 (4.9) |
| Western Cape | 6,200,100(11.3) | 76,190 (11.6) | 29,920 (33.1) | 2902 (20.5) | 58 (5.2) |
| Out of Bounds | 0 (0.0) | 29,920 (4.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Sample Total | 654,373 | 90,410 | 14,133 | 1,121 | |
| South Africa | 54,956,900 | 624,451 | 90,410 | 14,133 | 1,121 |
Population estimates for each province provided as a reference.
The number of posts for each of the three platforms were unequally distributed as compared to the provincial population distribution (See Fig 3)