Nearly one in five teenagers say they’re on YouTube and TikTok almost all the time


Overall, teenage girls are more likely to say they use Instagram than boys. — AFP Relaxnews

Social media sites such as YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram remain extremely popular with teenagers. Around nine in ten teenagers use YouTube, making it the most widely used platform among young people, according to a new US survey.

According to the “Teens, Social Media and Technology 2023” report from the Pew Research Center,* conducted among more than 1,400 US teens aged 13 to 17, adolescents maintain a high level of social media use, with some claiming that their use of these sites is “almost constant”.

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