Survey Number of teens using Facebook plummets since 2015

Survey Number of teens using Facebook plummets since 2015Survey Number of teens using Facebook plummets since 2015Your teenager might ditch Facebook soon, if they havent already - recent research from the Pew Research Center found that 51% of Americans age 13 to 17 report using the platform, down from71% in 2014-2015, when it was the most popular social media platform surveyed.So what has taken Facebooks place?YouTube was the most popular platform surveyed this year, with 85% of teenagers saying they use it, and 32% reporting that they use it most often.While 88% of American teenagers report that they have or have access to a computer in the form of a desktop or laptop, 95% say the same thing for smartphones.What social media platforms teens are usingThe research found that American teenagers are using these.YouTube 85% report using it, 32% report using it most oftenInstagram 72% report using it, 15% report using it most oftenSnapchat 69% report using it, 35% report using it most of tenFacebook 51% report using it, 10% report using it most oftenTwitter 32% report using it, 3% report using it most oftenTumblr 9% report using it, less than 1% report using it most oftenReddit 7% report using it, 1% report using it most oftenNone 3% say they dont use any of these platforms, and the same percentage say they use none of them most oftenPew notes that respondents werent asked about YouTube or Reddit in the 2014-2015 survey.Facebook varies depending on household incomeThe 2018 research found that the most teens living in homes with annual incomes of less than $30,000 use Facebook, at 70%. But the percentages keep dropping as the income brackets go up, with 56% of teens in households earning $30,000 to $74,999 yearly and 36% of those in households earning a minimum of $75,000 yearly saying that they use it.How much teens use the internet and how they think social media affects themThe research found that while 45% of American teenagers in 2018 report being online almost constantly using either a computer or a cellphone, 24% said so in 2014-2015.While 45% of American teenagers in 2018 report being online almost constantly using a computer or a cellphone, 24% said so in 2014-2015. Forty-four percent in 2018 said they do it several times a day, versus 56% on 2014-2015. Eleven percent in 2018 said they do it less often, compared to 20% in 2014-2015.Teens also seemed split as to how social media impacted their lives with 31% saying it had a mostly positive effect and 24% saying it was mostly negative.