Facebook continues to lose interest among the youngest
Facebook continues to lose interest among the youngest
YouTube is the preferred social platform for teenagers
YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat. This is the podium of social networks most used by American teenagers, according to the Pew Research Center. Two years ago, Facebook was one of the most used social platforms among young people aged 13 and 17, although, yes, the analysis firm did not include YouTube or Reddit among their questions.
Currently, eight out of ten teenagers use YouTube, behind Instagram with 72% and Snapchat in third place with 69%. Without a trace of Facebook that appears named by only 51% of the young people surveyed, two years ago the response rate reached 71%. "Low-income adolescents are more likely to gravitate toward Facebook than those from higher-income households."
Among the most outstanding promotions, beyond YouTube, highlights the stunning breakthrough of Snapchat, which is cited as the "most frequently used app" by 35% of respondents, compared to 32% that gets YouTube.
In the lower part of preference and use by these young people from 13 to 17 years, according to Pew Research Center appear Twitter (32%), Tumblr (9%) and Reddit (7%).
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According to Pew, 95% of adolescents own or can access a smartphone, compared to 73% in 2015. A broad access to technology that causes almost half of respondents to claim to be online "almost in a way constant".
"Adolescents point out that social networks have had a mostly positive effect and tended to emphasize the problems related to connectivity and connection with others," added the experts from the study firm.
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