Facebook User Attributes

Meta Platforms, Inc. Data Collector

2023-07-27

v1

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3886/vecn-ze56

Published

This dataset has two levels of access: Public and Restricted.

• Public files can be downloaded directly from the dataset record. Typically, documentation files such as READMEs and codebooks are made public.
• Restricted data files require a Restricted Data Application and will be accessed through a secure virtual data enclave. Learn more about applying for restricted data.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc. Facebook User Attributes. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-07-27. https://doi.org/10.3886/vecn-ze56

U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study
Datasets
Facebook

2020-09-23

United States

Facebook

user behavior tracking

web platform data

See the codebook for details on the experimental design.

This dataset contains descriptive statistics summarizing the user attributes of US adult monthly active Facebook users, including the predicted ideology; account age; count of the posts shared by a user’s Facebook friends, Pages they follow, and groups they belong to; active days on the platform and Facebook friend count. See the data dictionary for additional variable information.

The U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study (US 2020 FIES) is a partnership between Meta and academic researchers to understand the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes and behaviors during the US 2020 election.

Like-minded sources on Facebook are prevalent but not polarizing, Journal Article, DOI, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06297-w