Teenagers are abandoning Facebook

This is the conclusion of a study conducted by the U.S. headquarters Research Centre “44x1>, under which only 51 percent already use the social network established by Zuckerberg, a figure that has dropped by 20% since 2015, when teenagers were last surveyed.

Most of the 13-17-year-old age group has access, unless they own it, í into a “smartphone”, while 45% of them are “online” almost throughout the day.

“Facebook” on teenagers, with 85% of them already prefering the video release platform. Second and third networks of teen interest, according to this study are “Instagram” with 72% and “Snapchat” with 69%.

The number of teenagers using “Twitter” is only 32%, while “Tumblr” has even less frequent 14%, with both networks not knowing major changes compared to the 2015 results.

E while “Facebook” may have lost “rule” among teenagers against “Yououtbe”, it still remains the owner of “Instagram” that you are familiar with more users, a photo and video distribution platform, since 2012.

The study of “Pew”, which received an survey of some 750 teenagers a month ago, reveals that increased ownership of “smartphone” has played an important role in teen life. Today, 95% of them have a smart “, meaning an increase of 22 percentage points compared to 73% of teenagers who turned 3 years ago.