There’s been plenty of dire warnings that Facebook is losing its cachet among teenagers, that may not be the case, if a new report from the Pew Research Center is to be believed. Pew’s research found that 71 percent of teens aged 13 through 17 use Facebook, making it the top social network among that age group.
Pew’s study found that Instagram was not a particularly close second at 52 percent, followed by Snapchat at 41 percent, Twitter tied with Google at 33 percent, and Vine at 24 percent. Of course, it’s not really the case that teens only use one social network — Pew found that 71 percent of those that responded use multiple networks. Of the 22 percent that use only one site, Facebook was the top choice, followed by Google+ and Instagram.
Interestingly, boys were more often Facebook users than girls (45 percent to 36 percent), but Instagram was more popular among girls (23 percent compared to 17 percent). It should surprise precisely no one that boys were far more likely to have a game console than girls, and also more likely to play games on their phone or online. What’s encouraging, though, is that 70 percent of girls either have a console or access to one, and some 59 percent play games online or on their phone.
There’s a lot more info in the study about teens and social networks, which an article on Social Times breaks down here.
