Teenagers’ social media use — and its impact on their psychological well being — is commonly within the information, and new analysis from the Pew Analysis Middle states that just about half of American teenagers are “nearly consistently” on-line.
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In its Teenagers, Social Media, and Expertise 2024 research, launched on Thursday, Pew said that just about half (46 p.c) of right now’s teenagers aged 13 to 17 say they’re on-line nearly consistently. Whereas this determine is in step 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 surfing 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 consistently.
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This report is predicated on a self-administered net survey of 1,391 U.S. teenagers and a mother or father per teen, performed between September and October this yr.
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Pew additionally broke down which platforms teenagers incessantly go to, and what number of stated they’re on them practically consistently: 16 p.c stated they’re “nearly consistently” 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. General, 73 p.c say they’re on YouTube, teenagers’ most frequented social media platform, no less than as soon as a day. Fifty-seven p.c say they go on TikTok no less than 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 no less than as soon as a day.
What number of teenagers incessantly go to platforms like YouTube and TikTok.
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Pew discovered that extra teen ladies 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 not too long ago banned social media for youngsters underneath 16.
