Teens and social media: Key findings from Pew Research Center surveys
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.
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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.
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.
Adoption of key technologies by those in the oldest age group has grown markedly since about a decade ago.
Some 73% of online men use social media, on par with the 80% of online women who say they do so. But there are still some gender differences on specific platforms.
Thanks to texting and social media, teens today have many more ways to reach out to a crush than in the analog days of using the family telephone and passing notes in the hallways.
Our latest report focuses on how teens develop and sustain friendships in the digital age, including where they meet, communicate and spend time with friends.
Today, 60% of parents have checked their teenagers’ profile on a social networking site.
Latinos, blacks and whites use social media networks about equally, but there are some differences in their preferences for specific social media sites.
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