YouTube is The Most Popular Social Media Platform Right Now, Followed by Facebook, Instagram
3 years, 11 months ago

YouTube is The Most Popular Social Media Platform Right Now, Followed by Facebook, Instagram

News 18  

YouTube is currently the most popular social media platform in the US, according to a recent report from Pew Research Center. The report, titled Social Media Use in 2021 says that 81 percent people in the US use YouTube – up front 73 percent in 2019. 73 percent of adults aged between 50 and 64 say they use social media sites, while about 45 percent of those aged 65 and older are on social media. In case of YouTube, 95 percent of the people aged 18 year-old to 29 year-old say they use YouTube, while 91 percent aged 30 to 49 years old use the video streaming platform. When it comes to Facebook, 70 percent of those aged 18 to 29 say they use Facebook, while 77 percent aged between 30 to 49 percent use the social media platform.

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Social media has bigger role in Dutch people's media consumption, especially for Gen Z
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Social media has bigger role in Dutch people's media consumption, especially for Gen Z

NL Times  

Dutch people are increasingly leaning on social media in their media and news consumption, according to the annual social media survey by Newcom. More than half of Dutch people indicate that they use social media to help them be better informed about current affairs. On average, Netherlands residents spend around 2 hours a day on social media, with the younger …

TikTok accuses Australia of favouritism in social media crackdown, targets YouTube’s special treatment
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

TikTok accuses Australia of favouritism in social media crackdown, targets YouTube’s special treatment

Live Mint  

TikTok has strongly criticised the Australian government for exempting YouTube from a sweeping social media crackdown that will see under-16s banned from most platforms, reported Bloomberg. Meta’s submission stated that the special treatment afforded to YouTube “makes a mockery of the government’s stated intention to protect young people.” However, TikTok’s response has been the most outspoken, reflecting its frustration that …

Nearly half of American teens are on the internet ‘almost constantly.’ Here’s what they’re viewing
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nearly half of American teens are on the internet ‘almost constantly.’ Here’s what they’re viewing

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Seventy-five percent of teens aged 15 to 17 are more likely to use social media than teens …

Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Nearly half of US teens are online ‘constantly,’ Pew report finds

Associated Press  

Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online “constantly” despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health, according to a new report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center. As in past years, YouTube was the single most popular platform teenagers used — 90% said they watched videos on the site, down slightly …

Reddit overtakes X as the most popular social media platform in the UK
4 months ago

Reddit overtakes X as the most popular social media platform in the UK

Firstpost  

Reddit’s has seen remarkable growth, with a 47 per cent increase in users compared to May 2023. The platform now sits behind YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok in the UK’s social media standings While Reddit’s user base grew, X experienced an 8 per cent decline in UK users over the same period. Image Credit: Reuters Reddit, the popular online discussion …

Australian survey finds regular use of social media harming teenagers' life satisfaction
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Australian survey finds regular use of social media harming teenagers' life satisfaction

ABC  

Regular use of some social media platforms is negatively impacting the life satisfaction of Australian teenagers, according to the latest findings from the nation's largest survey of young people. Non-binary students who regularly use social media reported the lowest levels of life satisfaction, particularly for those who use Discord. "While we know that young people face many challenges that could …

Canada man sues social media giants YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, for being too addictive, causing negative body image
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Canada man sues social media giants YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, for being too addictive, causing negative body image

Hindustan Times  

A 24 year old man from Montreal, Canada, is launching a class-action lawsuit against social media companies like TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, Instagram, and Facebook for being “too addictive.” Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021. The man started using social media in 2015, due to which, he claimed …

44% of UK adults look at their smartphones every hour - more than the Americans, French and Germans
10 months, 2 weeks ago

44% of UK adults look at their smartphones every hour - more than the Americans, French and Germans

Daily Mail  

British adults are more addicted to using their phones than those in France, Germany and America, a poll has revealed. A representative poll of 8,000 people suggests that 44 per cent of adults in the UK look at their phone every hour, compared to 29 per cent in France, 25 per cent in Germany and 41 per cent in America. …

Younger children increasingly online and unsupervised, Ofcom says
11 months, 1 week ago

Younger children increasingly online and unsupervised, Ofcom says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In its annual study of children’s relationship with the …

Is your child using social media? The safety conversations every parent needs to be thinking about
11 months, 1 week ago

Is your child using social media? The safety conversations every parent needs to be thinking about

The Independent  

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Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds
1 year, 3 months ago

Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Social media companies collectively made …

Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds
1 year, 3 months ago

Social media companies made $11 billion in US ad revenue from minors, Harvard study finds

Associated Press  

Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year, according to a study from the Harvard T.H. This year, lawmakers in states like New York and Utah introduced or passed legislation that would curb social media use among kids, citing harms to youth mental health and other concerns. “Although social media platforms may …

Hispanic teens have high social media usage, according to new Pew Research survey
1 year, 3 months ago

Hispanic teens have high social media usage, according to new Pew Research survey

LA Times  

Teens are big consumers of social media but a recent Pew Research Center survey found that Hispanic teens are using it at a much higher rate than other ethnic populations. Based on the survey, Hispanic teens say that they are online “almost constantly” at 55%. Overall, 46% of the teens from the survey said they are online “almost constantly.” While …

YouTube tops in popular list of platforms among teens | Know-why
1 year, 3 months ago

YouTube tops in popular list of platforms among teens | Know-why

India TV News  

In a recent report, around 7 in 10 teens visit YouTube every day, including around 16 per cent who were witnessed being "almost constant" on the site. As per the Pew Research Center, YouTube will be continuing to top in popular list of platforms among teens, followed by three social media platforms- TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram. Older teens are more …

Pew survey: YouTube tops teens’ social-media diet, with roughly a sixth using it almost constantly
1 year, 3 months ago

Pew survey: YouTube tops teens’ social-media diet, with roughly a sixth using it almost constantly

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Teen usage of social media hasn’t dropped much, despite rising concerns about its effects on the mental health of adolescents, a survey from the Pew Research Institute found. But the data also found that roughly one in six teens describe their use of two platforms — YouTube and TikTok — as “almost constant.” Seventy-one percent of teens …

Over 60% of global population active on social media- New study reveals
1 year, 8 months ago

Over 60% of global population active on social media- New study reveals

India TV News  

According to a recent study by digital advisory firm Kepios, more than 60% of the world's population, nearly five billion people, are actively engaged on social media platforms. Social media usage varies significantly by region, with East and Central Africa having just one out of 11 people using social media, while India sees one out of three people using these …

Passive scrolling on social media leads to anxiety and depression – new study
1 year, 9 months ago

Passive scrolling on social media leads to anxiety and depression – new study

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Young adults who use social media to browse content of other …

Which social media platform is most popular among US teens? Research reveals
2 years, 7 months ago

Which social media platform is most popular among US teens? Research reveals

Hindustan Times  

Video content platform TikTok is among the top social media platform for American teens while the popularity of Facebook has fallen, a new survey by Pew Research has said. The survey of American teenagers between ages 13 and 17 found that 67 per cent of them said they use TikTok and 16 per cent of all the teens said they …

More social, less media
2 years, 7 months ago

More social, less media

The Hindu  

Being a 90s kid, as social media lingo defines us, I feel a sense of satisfaction and contentment of being born in an era when something more than just technology defined the social and recreational life of the children of that time. Though I have adopted myself to the social and technological progress very easily, and am myself using some …

Teen girls find it more difficult to give up Instagram, Facebook and YouTube than boys: Survey
2 years, 7 months ago

Teen girls find it more difficult to give up Instagram, Facebook and YouTube than boys: Survey

India TV News  

Teen girls find it more difficult to give up Instagram, Facebook and YouTube than boys: Survey The recent survey states that teen girls are more likely than teen boys to express that it would be difficult to give up social media, specially platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube than boys. According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center …

Why very young children should not be on social media
3 years, 5 months ago

Why very young children should not be on social media

Live Mint  

No, don't give your young children phones even if they ask for them. "Social media sites all require a minimum age of 13 to register, but the reality is that many users are younger than that: one-third of our sample had already started using social media at age 11 or 12 and another one-third had begun at age 10 or …

Social media's 70-up 'grandfluencers' debunking aging myths
3 years, 6 months ago

Social media's 70-up 'grandfluencers' debunking aging myths

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now 75, MacDonald is a hype beast for health …

Facebook or YouTube? What does your favourite social media site say about you?
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook or YouTube? What does your favourite social media site say about you?

ABC  

Depending on who you ask, the sprawling and loquacious networks we loosely term "social media" are either a life-changing resource for like-minded people to find each other, or a time-sapping sewer of anonymous abuse and shallow clicktivism. Facebook's crown is slipping Of Australia Talks respondents, 25 per cent reported using Facebook "very often" and 28 per cent "somewhat often"; that's …

Active on Social Media? You are More Likely to Believe Misinformation, Fake News: Study
4 years, 1 month ago

Active on Social Media? You are More Likely to Believe Misinformation, Fake News: Study

News 18  

Americans who rely on social media as their main source of news are more likely to believe false or unproven stories about important topics such as politics and Covid-19, a survey showed Monday. The Pew Research Center report found that people who used social platforms for news were less informed about major public affairs topics and more susceptible to believing …

As Facebook loses traction, Instagram gains new users in small towns and cities
4 years, 2 months ago

As Facebook loses traction, Instagram gains new users in small towns and cities

Live Mint  

Across Indian cities, those with professional degrees are much more likely to rely on newspapers and news portals for news than on social media forwards. The data shows that older generations have started spending more time on social networking sites even as millennials have cut back on social media usage. 63% of singles spent more than 4 hours a week …

Hashtag Win: Instagram Had Indian Youth Hooked More Than Any Social Media Platform in Pandemic
4 years, 5 months ago

Hashtag Win: Instagram Had Indian Youth Hooked More Than Any Social Media Platform in Pandemic

News 18  

Instagram has emerged as the most preferred social media platform among the Indian youth while YouTube garnered most attention amid pandemic, with 98 per cent of those surveyed installed it in their phones followed by Netflix and Amazon Prime, a new report said on Friday. Although the survey size was small, the report by Youth Online Learning Organization said that …

YouTube and Facebook have shown they need regulation. There’s an old, good way to do it.
5 years, 9 months ago

YouTube and Facebook have shown they need regulation. There’s an old, good way to do it.

Slate  

That flapping noise you might have heard earlier this week was the sound of YouTube winging it. We’ve included more info below to explain this decision: — TeamYouTube #StayHome June 4, 2019 Then on Wednesday morning, YouTube announced that as part of a stricter policy against hate speech, it would remove thousands of videos that promote Nazism, white supremacy, and …

Social media being used by growing number of children under 11 despite age limits
6 years, 2 months ago

Social media being used by growing number of children under 11 despite age limits

The Independent  

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This Is How Much Time You Should Spend On Social Media Per Day
6 years, 4 months ago

This Is How Much Time You Should Spend On Social Media Per Day

Huff Post  

It’s no secret that scrolling through endless images and announcements of engagements, vacations, new babies and job promotions can make you feel like you’re not accomplishing anything. The study authors monitored the participants’ social media use for a week across three platforms ― Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat ― to get a baseline. Oscar Wong via Getty Images When college students …

Instagram surpasses Snapchat as most used social media app among US teens: Report
6 years, 5 months ago

Instagram surpasses Snapchat as most used social media app among US teens: Report

Firstpost  

Some 85 percent of surveyed teens said that they used Instagram at least once a month. According to a recent survey report Taking Stock with Teens, conducted with 8,600 teens in the US by investment bank Piper Jaffray, while overall Snapchat and Instagram were the two most used social media apps among the surveyed teens, Instagram turned out to be …

Why Instagram has become the next Facebook
6 years, 7 months ago

Why Instagram has become the next Facebook

Live Mint  

Mumbai: India’s urban youth spends more time on social media compared with their older counterparts, with Instagram emerging as the favourite among the youngest lot, shows a recent survey conducted by market research firm YouGov in collaboration with Mint. While Facebook remains the most popular social media platform among the millennials, Instagram beats Facebook among Generation Z. Among Indian metros, …

Net danger: More sites you visit, the lonelier you get
6 years, 8 months ago

Net danger: More sites you visit, the lonelier you get

Deccan Chronicle  

Six Degrees, launched in 1997, was probably the first recognised social media platform. A recent study carried out by the University of Pittsburgh, in which the researchers questioned 1,787 adults aged between 19 and 32 about their use of social media sites, revealed that people who visit social networks over 58 times a week are three times more likely to …

YouTube winning battle for teenage users: Site used by 85% of teens, while only 51% use Facebook
6 years, 10 months ago

YouTube winning battle for teenage users: Site used by 85% of teens, while only 51% use Facebook

Daily Mail  

Once the most popular social media site on the Internet, Facebook has fallen in popularity among teenagers. A Pew Research Center survey found that YouTube has passed Facebook as teenagers most used site, with 85 percent reporting being active on the video platform YouTube is now the most popular social media site among 13 to 17-year-olds, with 85 percent of …

YouTube has 1.8 billion monthly views from registered users, which is a clear indicator of our toxic dependence on social media
6 years, 10 months ago

YouTube has 1.8 billion monthly views from registered users, which is a clear indicator of our toxic dependence on social media

Firstpost  

It is strange how even though problems with social media channels such as YouTube and Facebook are many, our toxic dependence on them remains ever strong. Google-owned YouTube ’s CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that the video platform has 1.8 billion registered users viewing the channel every month. According to The Verge major milestones for YouTube were when it struck 41 …

WHY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA?
7 years ago

WHY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE QUITTING SOCIAL MEDIA?

Daily Mail  

Millennials are quitting social media and spending less time on Facebook, according to a report based on data by 1,000 members of Gen Z. Platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram - and even the popular dating app Tinder - are seeing droves of people switch off permanently, according to the report by Boston-based market research company Origin. Millennials are quitting …

Teenagers turned off by Facebook as it becomes internet's grey area
7 years, 2 months ago

Teenagers turned off by Facebook as it becomes internet's grey area

Dutch News  

Teenagers are turning away from Facebook in favour of visually led alternatives such as Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat, new research has found. The number of 15 to 19-year-olds with Facebook accounts fell from 80% last year to 72% in the latest survey by research agency Newcom. The most popular social medium, WhatsApp, claims an uptake rate of 97% of Dutch …

Instagram is the worst social media platform. Here’s why
7 years, 10 months ago

Instagram is the worst social media platform. Here’s why

India TV News  

Instagram is rated as the worst social media website when it comes to its impact on young people’s mental health. The poll conducted Royal Society for Public Health asked 1,479 people aged 14-24 were asked a series of questions about whether YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter had an impact on their health and well-being, the BBC reported. The RSPH …

Social media more addictive than alcohol, Instagram is the worst
7 years, 10 months ago

Social media more addictive than alcohol, Instagram is the worst

India Today  

Social media is addictive and an overdose might just make you go insane, says a new survey report from Royal Society for Public Health. Social media channels like Instagram cause anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and bullying, according to the survey. While the positives include points like easy and quick access to other user's health experiences and expert health information, emotional …

Facebook videos dominate social media: Report
8 years ago

Facebook videos dominate social media: Report

Firstpost  

Facebook videos continue to dominate the social media, driving growth, engagement and media consumption, a new report has said. Social media analytics platform Quintly examined 167,000 profiles during the last six months of 2016 and found that 47 per cent of those profiles used video of some sort in their Facebook campaigns, including video from any source and Facebook Live …

According to a survey, Indian youth hooked to social media for information
8 years, 9 months ago

According to a survey, Indian youth hooked to social media for information

Firstpost  

More and more students are shunning newspapers, books and magazines and consider social media as the best platform to find latest happenings, trends and new information, says a survey. According to the survey conducted by Fortis Healthcare, more than 74 per cent of students think that social media is the best platform for information, facts and latest happenings. “A key …

Facebook, YouTube , Twitter source of news for more than half online users: study
8 years, 9 months ago

Facebook, YouTube , Twitter source of news for more than half online users: study

Live Mint  

London: Social media has emerged as a leading source of news among online users who increasingly access it on their smartphones, a thinktank said on Wednesday, warning that the embrace of free news was becoming a challenge for publishers of quality news. More than half of online users get their news from Facebook and other social media platforms, refusing to …

Facebook most preferred source to get news for US citizens: Survey
8 years, 10 months ago

Facebook most preferred source to get news for US citizens: Survey

Firstpost  

Nearly 62 percent Americans get news from various social media platforms like Reddit, Facebook and Twitter and social networking giant Facebook is leading the pack, according to a new survey. Two-thirds of Facebook users get news on the site, nearly six-in-10 Twitter users get news on Twitter, and seven-in-10 Reddit users get news on that platform. Instagram, Facebook and YouTube …

Young adults want news every day, survey shows
10 years ago

Young adults want news every day, survey shows

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Young adults have a reputation for being connected to one another and disconnected from the news. The survey of Americans ages 18 to 34, sometimes called the millennial generation, found that two-thirds of respondents said they consume news online regularly, often on a social networking site. The survey found that young adults generally get harder news from more …

Facebook most popular social network: Survey
10 years, 2 months ago

Facebook most popular social network: Survey

India TV News  

Washington: Facebook is by far the most popular social media website with its large base of "very active" users visiting the site daily, a new survey of American internet users has found. The survey conducted by the Pew Research Center found that while Facebook remains the most popular social media site, its overall growth has slowed and other sites continue …

Children are ditching TV in favour of the iPad to watch shows
10 years, 5 months ago

Children are ditching TV in favour of the iPad to watch shows

Daily Mail  

Tablets are now more important to children than their TVs, with more than one-third of young people aged five to 15 owning their own device. Around 34 per cent of children in this category own their own tablet, which is up from 19 per cent last year, according to official figures. The report by UK regulator Ofcom found that 11 …

Twitter is not dying. It’s on the cusp of getting much bigger.
10 years, 10 months ago

Twitter is not dying. It’s on the cusp of getting much bigger.

Slate  

Well, that’s it folks: Twitter is dead. Two numbers in particular—the amount of users who log into Twitter each month, and the number of timelines they viewed—have been widely interpreted as indictments of the company’s growth trajectory. But Wall Street—along with everyone else who’s down on Twitter because it has “a growth problem”—is making a mistake by comparing it to …

Instagram closing gap with Twitter in US: Survey
11 years ago

Instagram closing gap with Twitter in US: Survey

India TV News  

New Delhi: A report by market research firm eMarketer indicates that Facebook- owned photo-sharing service, Instagram, has closed the gap with Twitter in terms of users in the US. eMarketer said that nearly 35 million people in America accessed Instagram at least once each month as of the end of 2013, a jump of more than 30 per cent from …

LinkedIn, Pinterest more popular than Twitter among adults: study
11 years, 2 months ago

LinkedIn, Pinterest more popular than Twitter among adults: study

Firstpost  

Photo pin-up site Pinterest spiked in popularity over the past year, according to the survey, a poll of 1,445 Internet users aged 18 and older. San Francisco: More US adults use LinkedIn and Pinterest than Twitter, but that website attracts a greater proportion of blacks and young adults than do its social media peers, a Pew Research Center study released …

LinkedIn, Pinterest more popular than Twitter among adults: study
11 years, 2 months ago

LinkedIn, Pinterest more popular than Twitter among adults: study

Firstpost  

Photo pin-up site Pinterest spiked in popularity over the past year, according to the survey, a poll of 1,445 Internet users aged 18 and older. San Francisco: More US adults use LinkedIn and Pinterest than Twitter, but that website attracts a greater proportion of blacks and young adults than do its social media peers, a Pew Research Center study released …

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