2020 is clearly not one of the best years we have had. With the coronavirus epidemic and the many restrictions is led to all over France, French people were excited to move on and celebrate 2021, symbolizing hope for better days. But can we say 2020 was a wasted year? Even if it was difficult, an experience remains instructive. Therefore, the Babbel application carried out a study to discover how 2020 changed one’s habits.
66% of respondents say 2020 gave them the opportunity to provide more value to the relationships they have with their relatives. According to this study, 30% of the French spoke more with their friends and families, between video calls (59%), phone calls (54%) and digital texts (48%). 42% of the surveyed say they have had more significant discussions with their entourage during lockdown compared with the “world before”.
This will to go back to social bonds even led 36% of people surveyed to re-engage with people they have not spoken to in a while. 30% of them think they needed to reconnect with people, 42% of them admit they made this decision because they missed these relationships… This reconnection ended up fruitful: 90% of them say they are willing to keep these freshly reconnected relationships after the pandemic ends.
What about you? Has 2020 shone a new light on your relationships?
*In December 2020, Babbel conducted a two-step study: an investigation to 6,000 of its users who subscribed between March and August 2020, and an investigation conducted by Dynata to men and women aged 25 to 45 in 10 different countries, in Europe and Americas. The idea being to review the 2020 experience of the French and international populations, their priorities, needs, and projects, as well as means to stay connected even while being apart.
Both investigations total 2,144 respondents in France, and almost 12,650 respondents over the world.
