When Online Content Disappears
A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
85% of U.S. teens say they play video games. They see both positive and negative sides, from making friends to harassment and sleep loss.
62% of U.S. adults under 30 say they use TikTok, compared with 39% of those ages 30 to 49, 24% of those 50 to 64, and 10% of those 65 and older.
Across eight countries surveyed in Latin America, Africa and South Asia, a median of 73% of adults say they use WhatsApp and 62% say they use Facebook.
About half of Americans (48%) say they took part in organized, competitive sports in high school or college.
Most teens at least sometimes feel happy and peaceful when they don’t have their phone, but 44% say this makes them anxious. Half of parents say they have looked through their teen’s phone.
Internet use is nearly ubiquitous in Germany, but social media use is not. In fact, Germans stand out internationally for their relatively light use of social media.
Across 27 countries surveyed, people generally see social media as more of a good thing than a bad thing for democracy.
About half of all U.S. adults who use TikTok have never posted a video themselves. And the top 25% of U.S. adults on the site by posting volume produce 98% of all publicly accessible videos from this group. Users who have posted videos are generally more active on the platform than non-posters.
In most countries surveyed, around nine-in-ten or more adults are online. In South Korea, 99% of adults use the internet.
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