During an September 2019 survey, it was found that 25 percent of teens in the United States used Instagram the most out of all social networks. This is hardly surprising, as U.S. teens rated Instagram among their favorite social network for the past few years. In spring 2019, 35 percent of teenagers ranked the photo-sharing app as their most important social network. Teens and social media in the United States As evidenced by exasperated parents and teachers everywhere, social media is one of the most popular online activities among teenagers in the United States. Despite the near-constant social media usage, teens are usually reasonably aware of the time they spent online. During an April 2018 survey, 54 and 41 percent of responding teens stated that they spent too much time on their cellphone and on social media respectively. Due to constant interaction with other people online, teens come across a wide range of personalities. The most common personality types that teens come across social media are oversharers (people who share too many personal details on social media) and ranters (people who rant and complain about things a lot). Social media and emotional well-being One of the key benefits of social media is that it can make teenagers feel less lonely and more confident and popular. However, with teens who have a low social-emotional well-being, social media can exacerbate pre-existing problems such as feeling left out or being excluded, as well as feeling bad about themselves when their posts did not get enough likes or comments. In the end, online socializing can make up for the lack of friends IRL (in real life) but it can also make things worse for teens who are already in emotional turmoil.

Instagram is the most popular social media app among Generation Z internet users in the United States. During a January 2019 survey, 65 percent of 13 to 21 year old respondents stated that they accessed the app on a daily basis. YouTube was ranked second with a 63 percent daily usage rate among teens and young adults.

Between 2018 and 2019, nearly 85 percent of children and teenage students in urban areas of Costa Rica used the web to access social media platforms, against about 72 percent of those surveyed in rural areas. In 2018, close to 94 percent of Facebook users in Costa Rica were between 15 and 25 years old.

During a 2018/2019 survey, 98 percent of responding children and teens in Costa Rica stated using the messaging application WhatsApp, making it the leading social network among this demographic group. Tinder, the dating platform allowed only for people aged 18 and over, was used by over 5 percent of respondents. In 2019, the Central American country was home to 3.43 million social media users.

During a 2018/2019 survey, over half of responding children and teens in Costa Rica stated having between three to four social media accounts, while 29 percent of those surveyed said to have one or two accounts. As of May 2020, around 8.5 percent of Instagram users in the Central American country were between 13 to 17 years old.

During a 2018/2019 survey, over 18 percent of responding children and teens in Costa Rica stated having over 500 friends or contacts on social media, while about the same amount of respondents said they were followed by between 101 and 300 people in their networks. As of May 2020, most instagram influencers in the Central American country were so called nano-influencers, with between one and 10 thousand followers.

An online survey conducted in 2019 asked teens in the United States and the United Kingdom how Instagram had affected the way they feel about themselves and their mental health. Overall, 41 percent of U.S. teens and 46 percent of U.K. teens said that the social media platform had no effect on they way they felt about themselves. However, between twelve and 23 percent of teens said that the platform made them feel somewhat worse and between two and three percent of respondents stated that it had made them feel much worse.

In a fall 2023 survey, it was found that TikTok was the most important social network for 38 percent of U.S. teens. Snapchat ranked second, with 28 percent of teenagers in the United States stating it to be their favorite, ahead of Instagram. Teens and the internet in the United States It is no secret that the young really know what’s what when it comes to new technologies these days. Especially those born in the internet era and who only know of analog telephones and cameras from stories of their elders seem to be constantly online and always following the latest tech trends. In fact, a recent survey shows that some 92 percent of American teens accessed the internet on a daily basis, where 56 claim to connect several times a day, and 24 percent are connected almost constantly to the internet. Furthermore, the move from desktop computers to mobile devices insured that teenagers would be some of the most fervent users of mobile internet, anytime, anywhere.

In a 2018/2019 survey, nearly 56 percent of responding children and teens in Costa Rica stated having their social network privacy settings adjusted so that their profiles were only visible to friends. Meanwhile, about a quarter of those surveyed allowed anyone to view their online accounts. In addition, most of respondents in the Central American country said they had between three to four social media accounts.

This statistic shows the share of teenagers aged 13 and below using social networks in France between 2017 and 2019, by platform. In 2019, it appears that more than 90% of French teens used the social network Snapchat, while 14.3% used Twitter.

Gen Z and Millennial internet users in the United States were most likely to share travel experiences on social media. During the September 2019 survey, 39 percent of respondents stated it was very likely for them to do so. Sharing memes that somebody else had created was ranked second with 35 percent, and sharing own memes was also popular as 29 percent of respondents saying that they shared their own meme content.

An online survey conducted in 2019 asked teens in the United States and the United Kingdom about negative things they had felt in the last month that had had started as a result of using Instagram. Overall, 51 percent of U.S. teens and 39 percent of U.K. teens stated that wanting to create the perfect image had started on the social media platform. Over 40 percent of all teens that participated stated that the platform resulted in them not feeling attractive and feeling that they did not have enough money. In addition, seven to nine percent of teens reported that use of the platform evoked feelings of wanting to self-harm.

The majority of Hungarian teenagers followed only one or two brands on social media in 2019. According to the findings, nearly 14 percent of survey participants did not follow any brands on Facebook or Instagram.

During a 2018/2019 survey, approximately 83.5 percent of the female school population aged eight to 18 in Costa Rica used the internet to access social networks, against slightly over 79 percent for male students within the same age range. Furthermore, in 2020, about 8.5 percent of Costa Rica's Instagram users were aged 13 to 17 years old.

This statistic gives information on the most popular social media sites used by teenage and young adult internet users in the United States as of the third quarter of 2020. During the survey period, it was found that 63 percent of responding internet users aged 15 to 25 years used social photo sharing app Instagram.

Despite Snapchat's dominance, Facebook continues to be the more widely used social networking site used by teenagers and young adults7. A total of 50 percent of respondents currently use Facebook, compared to 48 percent of respondents who stated that they used Snapchat. Yet when teens, whose average age was 16, rated their most important social network, Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter where given more important ratings than Facebook. These social networks are being increasingly visited via mobile devices.

In 2022, YouTube was the most used online platform by teens in the United States, with 89.4 percent of respondents reporting using the platform at least once per month. Overall, TikTok was the second most used social media platform by teens in the U.S., with over 66 percent of respondents using the service. By 2026, it is estimated that 73 percent of teens in the U.S. will be using the popular video app.

As the popularity of social media has been growing in the past few years, the source wanted to know what percentage of French teenagers aged between 11 and 14 years and 15 and 18 years filled in the additional information on their social media profile in 2019. That year, around 23 percent of teenagers aged between 11 and 14 years filled in the additional information on their social media profile.

According to a survey conducted in the United States in 2023, 93 percent of social media users aged between 13 and 17 years used YouTube, down from 93 percent in 2022. As for TikTok, 63 percent of U.S. teens used the app, down from 67 percent in 2022. Additionally, Snapchat, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Twitch all saw a slight decline in usage amongst teens in the United States. Facebook and WhatsApp saw increases in usage among this demographic.

As the popularity of social media has been growing in the past few years, the source wanted to know what French teenagers aged between 11 and 18 years thought that social media companies like Facebook and Snapchat could do with their personal information in 2019. That year, around 85 percent of French girls aged between 15 and 18 years answered that these companies could locate their real position.

The greatest share (60 percent) of Norwegian social media teenage models seemed to be most confident about their eyes. Only eight percent were least confident about this facial feature. 41 percent were least confident about their skin.