Young people from Germany are slightly less likely to doublecheck the information they find on social media (see Figure 27), with 75% of German youth claiming to often doublecheck information they found on social media (in comparison with 83% in their peers from other countries).
Figure 27: Doublechecking of information found on social media platforms, comparison of German youth and their peers from other countries.
How often do you check other sources (like websites) to learn more about information you find on social media?
Germans
24%
51%
24%
Others
37%
46%
16%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
a) Very often b) Often c) Not often d) Never
4. How did German young people experience mobility in 2022 and 2023? The Eurodesk Youth Information Survey 2025 provided young people with an opportunity to share their opinions on their direct mobility experiences. For overall results, refer to the main report 2025. In 2022 or 2023, 61% of young people from Germany did not participate in any mobility (the very same result as in their counterparts from other countries), and the remaining 39% of German youth experienced various mobilities (see Figure 28). German young people were more likely to go beyond the European borders, with 11% of them spending their mobility period outside of Europe, compared to 4% of their European peers. 24% of the German youth and 32% of the European youth would stay in one of the European countries. A comparable share of young people from Germany spent their mobility both in Europe and beyond (4% in contrast to 3%). When it comes to those young people who did not experience mobility in 2022 or 2023, German young people do not differ from their peers from other countries. About 76% of them did not even plan any mobility stay in that period, and among those who did plan their mobility, the largest share of young people applied but was not selected (about 11%) or started the application process but did not complete it (about 10%).
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