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How to Use Statista

A unique statistics database. Great for business, social sciences, speech or English.

APA Style

Every Statista chart has a citation. Find it on the right side of the chart with the quote icon, select your citation style, and grab generated the citation. 

Change It Tips APA:

  1. After pasting the citation in your paper, create a hanging indent. (follow this link to see how).
  2. Make it double spaced (follow this link to see how).
  3. Change the font to Times New Roman 12.

It Should Look Like: APA

We Are Social, & DataReportal, & Meltwater. (February 5, 2025). Most popular

social networks worldwide as of February 2025, by number of monthly

active users (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 11, 2025,

from https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-

ranked-by-number-of-users/

MLA Style

Every Statista chart has a citation. Find it on the right side of the chart with the quote icon, select your citation style, and grab generated the citation. 

 

Change It Tips MLA:

  1. After pasting the citation in your paper, create a hanging indent. (follow this link to see how).
  2. Make it double spaced (follow this link to see how).
  3. Change the font to Times New Roman 12.

It Should Look Like: MLA

We Are Social, and DataReportal, and Meltwater. "Most Popular Social

Networks Worldwide as of February 2025, by Number of Monthly

Active Users (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Feb 2025,

https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-

ranked-by-number-of-users/