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  "id": "statcounter-facebook-71-percent-social-referrals-sept-2026",
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  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/statcounter-facebook-71-percent-social-referrals-sept-2026/",
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  "claim": "Facebook sent 71.23% of worldwide social media referral traffic in September 2026 (StatCounter)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Which social network drives the most website traffic?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "StatCounter Global Stats",
    "title": "Social Media Stats Worldwide (September 2026)",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "Social Media Stats Worldwide - September 2026 Facebook 71.23 % Twitter 7.44 % Instagram 7.43 % YouTube 7.26 % Pinterest 3.39 % reddit 2.43 %",
  "method": "Share of referrals from social sites to sites in StatCounter's network.",
  "drift": [
    "Metric: referral clicks to websites, not usage or time spent; in-app activity that never links out isn't counted"
  ],
  "interest": "StatCounter sells web analytics.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "StatCounter's September 2026 data showed Facebook sending 71.23% of social-media referral traffic to websites in its network, far ahead of X/Twitter (7.44%) and Instagram (7.43%); this measures referrals, not usage.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "StatCounter — Social Media Stats Worldwide",
      "url": "https://gs.statcounter.com/social-media-stats",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "September 2026 (monthly data)",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}