Participant-level metrics from Facebook activity data for users in platform interventions conducted as part of the U.S. 2020 Facebook and Instagram Election Study. The dataset includes user attributes, connections, time spent, content views, and content engagement.
Use Cases
- Analyze the relationship between user attributes and content engagement metrics to understand intervention effects.
- Model time spent on the platform as a function of user connections and content views data.
- Study patterns in content views and engagement across different user attribute categories.
Strengths
- Data originates from Meta Platforms, Inc., the operator of Facebook and Instagram.
- Focuses on a specific, high-profile event: the U.S. 2020 Election.
Limitations
- The specific number of participant rows and data columns is unknown.
- Data is limited to participants in a specific study and may not be generalizable.
Provenance
- Source
- Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Collection Method
- Participant-level metrics from Facebook activity data for users in platform interventions.
- Time Range
- Associated with the U.S. 2020 Election period.
- Freshness
- Last updated in February 2026.
- Geography
- United States.