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Pew Research CenterApril 24, 2023
Teens and social media: Key findings from Pew Research Center surveys

Since 2014-15, TikTok has arisen; Facebook usage has dropped; Instagram, Snapchat have grown.

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Since 2014-15, TikTok has arisen; Facebook usage has dropped; Instagram, Snapchat have grown.

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Teens and social media: Key findings from Pew Research Center surveys
Since 2014-15, TikTok has arisen; Facebook usage has dropped; Instagram, Snapchat have grown.
Teen girls are more likely than boys to use TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat; teen boys more likely to use Twitch, Reddit and YouTube; Black teens are especially drawn to TikTok compared with other groups
Roughly one-in-five teens are almost constantly on YouTube; only 2% say the same for Facebook
54% of teens say it would be hard to give up social media
More teens say social media has had a negative effect on people their age than on them, personally
Teen girls are more likely than boys to say social media makes them feel more supported but also overwhelmed by drama, excluded by firends
Half of teens think banning users who bully or criminal charges against them would help a lot in reducing the cyberbullying teens may face on social media
Older teen girls more likely than younger girls or boys to say they don’t post things on social media because they’re worried it could be used to embarrass them
A majority of teens feel as if they have little to no control over their data being collected by social media companies… but only one-in-five are extremely or very concerned about the amount of information these sites have about them
Only a minority of teens say their parents are extremely or very worried about their social media use
Parents more likely to be concerned about their teens seeing explicit content on social media than these sites leading to anxiety, depression or lower self-esteem

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