Ielts Academic Writing Task 1 Sample 137

You should spend a maximum of 20 minutes on this task. Write about the following topic:

The image provides information about the share of social media users in selected countries who regularly use Twitter.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

You should write at least 150 words.

The bar graph compares X/Twitter usage patterns across six countries during two distinct periods: 2021/2022 and 2023/2024, based on surveys of respondents aged 18-64 years.

Spain demonstrates the highest usage rate in both periods, though experiencing a significant decline from 40% to 32%. The United Kingdom follows a similar pattern, decreasing from 33% to 30%, maintaining its position as the second-highest user base among the surveyed nations.

The United States and Canada exhibit identical usage rates of 28% in 2023/2024, down from 30% and 28% respectively in 2021/2022. France shows a more pronounced decline, falling from 23% to 20% during the observed period.

Germany consistently maintains the lowest usage rates among the surveyed countries, declining marginally from 16% to 15%. The data reveals a universal downward trend in X/Twitter usage across all surveyed nations, with Spain experiencing the most substantial decrease of 8 percentage points over the examined period.