How was the Synod told through social media?
Here are the numbers from Vatican News:
Over 1400 tweets regarding the Synod
6 languages
The official hashtag #Synod2018 was used 100,000 times
Pope Francis' tweet re the Synod of October 24 reached 50million people (via the 9 multilingual @Pontifex accounts)
On Facebook, the Synod content reached 10 million users
On Instagram it had 650 thousand views
Average age of participants: between 18 and 34 years