5 facts about how Americans use Facebook, two decades after its launch
Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (68%) say they ever use Facebook, a share that has remained relatively flat since 2016.
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Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (68%) say they ever use Facebook, a share that has remained relatively flat since 2016.
More than half of U.S. teens say it would be difficult for them to give up social media. 36% say they spend too much time on social media.
Over the years, we have studied how U.S. adults – as well as teens and children – use and engage with Instagram. Here are seven key takeaways.
U.S. adults and teens are more likely to support than oppose requiring parental consent for minors to create a social media account.
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.
In most countries surveyed, around nine-in-ten or more adults are online. In South Korea, 99% of adults use the internet.
In April 2021, we followed up with many of the same parents surveyed in March 2020 on their children’s use of technology and social media.
Democrats are about 10 percentage points or more likely than Republicans to say they ever use Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, LinkedIn or Reddit.
Adoption of key technologies by those in the oldest age group has grown markedly since about a decade ago.
Here is what Pew Research Center surveys say about Americans’ attitudes toward the tech industry – and social media in particular.
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