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Table 2 Sharing platforms and reasons for sharing activity tracker data

From: Users’ experiences of wearable activity trackers: a cross-sectional study

Sharing platform

Current users, n = 200

n (%)

Do not share data

130

(65.0%)

Tracker support software

70

(35.0%)

Strava

9

(4.5%)

Facebook

7

(3.5%)

Instagram

2

(1.0%)

In person

2

(1.0%)

Twitter

1

(0.5%)

Other

3

(1.5%)

Reasons for sharing on social media

Do not share data on social media

154

(77.0%)

To compete with friends

33

(16.5%)

To share progress

18

(9.0%)

To motivate others

17

(8.5%)

To get encouragement from others

13

(6.5%)

Other

4

(2.0%)

  1. Note: Participants were allowed to select multiple responses, and percentages reflect the number of participants who selected each response option as a portion of all participants in that subgroup