Carbon emissions of leading social media apps 2021

In terms of carbon dioxide emissions from social media apps in 2021, Youtube (0.46 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per minute) was first in the ranking, closely followed by Facebook (0.79 gEqCO2) and LinkedIn (0.71 gEqCO2), all apps with low carbon emissions. The social network with the most impactful news feed in terms of carbon dioxide emissions was Tik Tok. This is because this social network is based exclusively on watching videos and preloads videos from the newsfeed.

就2021年社交媒体应用的二氧化碳排放量而言，YouTube（每分钟0.46克二氧化碳当量）位列首位，紧随其后的是Facebook（0.79克当量CO2）和LinkedIn（0.71克当量CO2），这些应用均具备较低的碳排放。就碳排放而言，具有最大影响力的社交网络新闻推送为TikTok。这是因为该社交网络仅基于视频观看，并从新闻推送中预加载视频。