Today, almost everyone uses social media. However, there is an important damage to the nature of using social media, which is the increase in carbon emissions. So what is the carbon footprint, how does the use of social media increase carbon emissions?
Each individual has a carbon footprint of his/her own. Carbon footprint can be defined as the damage caused by the carbon produced by humans to nature. The carbon footprint is measured by looking at the amount of carbon emitted into the environment. Using social media also increases carbon emissions and harms nature.
How does the use of social media increase carbon emissions?
While using social media applications, we sometimes do not realize how time passes. Especially during these times, your carbon footprint may increase. We spend electricity and internet to spend time in applications. The use of social media applications increases the carbon footprint, as spent electricity and internet increase carbon emissions.
The app with the highest carbon emissions: TikTok
Greenspector, what apps do per minute using Samsung Galaxy S7 (Android 8) calculated that it has carbon emissions. According to the report, TikTok is the application with the highest carbon footprint, followed by Reddit and Pinterest applications. You can calculate your own carbon footprint according to the time you use the applications.
| Rank | App | Carbon emissions per minute (gCO²Eq) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TikTok | 2.63 |
| 2 | 2.48 | |
| 3 | 1.30 | |
| 4 | 1.05 | |
| 5 | Snapchat | 0.87 |
| 6 | 0.79 | |
| 7 | Linkedln | 0.71 |
| 8 | 0.60 | |
| 9 | Twitch | 0.55 |
| 10 | YouTube | 0.46 |
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