Teenagers’ social media use — and its impact on their psychological well being — is usually within the information, and new analysis from the Pew Analysis Heart states that almost half of American teenagers are “almost constantly” on-line.
In its Teenagers, Social Media, and Expertise 2024 research, launched on Thursday, Pew said that almost half (46 p.c) of right now’s teenagers aged 13 to 17 say they’re on-line nearly continually. Whereas this determine is in line with 2022 and 2023 analysis, it is a 24 p.c improve from a decade in the past.
Almost all (96 p.c) of teenagers say they go browsing every day, which is round what number of (95 p.c) have entry to a smartphone.
46 p.c of teenagers say they’re on-line nearly continually.
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This report relies on a self-administered internet survey of 1,391 U.S. teenagers and a father or mother per teen, performed between September and October this yr.
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Pew additionally broke down which platforms teenagers continuously go to, and what number of stated they’re on them almost continually: 16 p.c stated they’re “almost constantly” on TikTok, whereas 15 p.c stated the identical about YouTube, 13 p.c about Snapchat, 12 p.c about Instagram, and three p.c on Fb.
Extra teenagers say they go on these platforms at least one time every day. Total, 73 p.c say they’re on YouTube, teenagers’ most frequented social media platform, at the very least as soon as a day. Fifty-seven p.c say they go on TikTok at the very least as soon as a day, and round half go on Instagram and/or Snapchat as soon as a day. Fb is the least-visited, however rounds out the highest 5, with 20 p.c of teenagers saying they go on at the very least as soon as a day.
What number of teenagers continuously go to platforms like YouTube and TikTok.
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Pew discovered that extra teen women use Instagram and TikTok, whereas boys usually tend to say they use YouTube. Fewer teenagers use X (17 p.c), Reddit (14 p.c), and Threads (6 p.c).
This analysis comes amid scrutiny of social media platforms and the way they influence teenagers. In October, the CDC confirmed there’s a hyperlink between social media use and psychological well being struggles for teenagers, and Australia just lately banned social media for youngsters below 16.
