Nearly Half of Teens Live Online -- Particularly on YouTube, Says Pew Research
Almost half of all U.S. teens are online "nearly constantly," with YouTube their most used and visited platform, according to Pew Research. It said that, in its survey of 1,391 sets of teens and parents conducted in September and October,…
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roughly 90% of teens reported daily use of YouTube, 60% of TikTok plus Instagram, and 55% of Snapchat. Daily use of Facebook among teens has dropped to 32% from 71% in 2014-2015, and of X to 17% from 23% in 2022. Pew said that 73% of teens report visiting YouTube daily. A full third of teens say they're "almost constant" users YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat or Facebook. It said that nearly half of teens report they're online in one way or another "almost constantly," up from 24% a decade ago, with 96% online daily.