A Growing Number of Teens Use Social Media "Almost Constantly"

What we’re showing

The results of a Pew Research survey on social platform usage among American teenagers (ages 13-17).

Key takeaways

• A majority of U.S. teenagers are daily users of video platforms. Short-form videos in particular have become very popular, evidenced by TikTok’s rapid rise. 

• Facebook, on the other hand, is increasingly viewed as the "old person's platform". Only one in five respondents used Facebook daily.

Additional Context

• 95% of teenagers in the U.S. have access to a smartphone (usually an iPhone), and the vast majority of teens can also access these platforms through computers (90%) and gaming consoles (83%).

• One final observation from Pew Research: Black and Hispanic teens are much more likely than White teens to say they are online almost constantly.