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YouTube Still Reigns as TikTok Surges Among Teen Social-Media Users, Survey Says

More than a third of teens are on social media almost constantly, a Pew Research poll finds
Almost half of U.S. teens reported that they are online almost constantly, according to a Pew survey. PHOTO: JOHN MINCHILLO/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Almost half of U.S. teens reported that they are online almost constantly, according to a Pew survey. PHOTO: JOHN MINCHILLO/ASSOCIATED PRESS

The number of teenagers who say they are chronically online has nearly doubled since 2015, according to a new survey from Pew Research Center that also illustrates how rapidly the competitive landscape for social media is changing.

YouTube is the most popular platform among U.S. teens, with 95% of the coveted demographic saying they use the site or its mobile app, the survey found. ByteDance Ltd.’s video-sharing platform TikTok, which was launched in the U.S. in 2018 and thus didn’t exist the last time Pew performed a similar survey, is now used by about 67% of those between 13 and 17 years old.

Almost half of U.S. teens reported that they are online “almost constantly,” a jump from the 24% who reported similar behavior to Pew in 2015.

On social media specifically, 35% of U.S. teens reported that they were on at least one of the major platforms almost constantly. Pew didn’t survey teens on that question in 2015.

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Author: Editors Desk

Source: WSJ:

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