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Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022
Nearly all teens in 2022 have access to a smartphone, up from 73% in 2014-15
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- Teens, Social Media and Technology 2022
- Since 2014-15, TikTok has arisen; Facebook usage has dropped; Instagram, Snapchat have grown
- About one-in-five teens visit or use YouTube ‘almost constantly’
- 54% of teens say it would be hard to give up social media
- Nearly all teens in 2022 have access to a smartphone, up from 73% in 2014-15
- Teens living in lower-income households are less likely to report having a computer, gaming console
- Nearly half of teens now say they use the internet ‘almost constantly’
- Black, Hispanic teens more likely than White teens to say they are online almost constantly
- Majority of teens use YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat; share of teens who use Facebook dropped sharply from 2014-15 to now
- Teen girls are more likely than boys to use TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat; teen boys more likely to use Twitch, Reddit and YouTube; and Black teens are especially drawn to TikTok compared with White and Hispanic teens
- Roughly one-in-five teens are almost constantly on YouTube; only 2% say the same for Facebook
- Black, Hispanic teens more likely than White teens to say they are almost constantly on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram
- 36% of teens say they spend too much time on social media; teen girls are more likely than boys to say this
- Older teens are more likely than younger teens to say it would be hard to give up social media
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- Since 2014-15, TikTok has arisen; Facebook usage has dropped; Instagram, Snapchat have grown
- Black, Hispanic teens more likely than White teens to say they are online almost constantly
- 36% of teens say they spend too much time on social media; teen girls are more likely than boys to say this
- Older teens are more likely than younger teens to say it would be hard to give up social media
- 54% of teens say it would be hard to give up social media
- Nearly half of teens now say they use the internet ‘almost constantly’
- Black, Hispanic teens more likely than White teens to say they are online almost constantly
- Older teens are more likely than younger teens to say it would be hard to give up social media
- Teen girls are more likely than boys to use TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat; teen boys more likely to use Twitch, Reddit and YouTube; and Black teens are especially drawn to TikTok compared with other groups
- Older teens are more likely than younger teens to say it would be hard to give up social media