About one in five U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube 'almost constantly' (Pew, 2025)
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Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.
- Commonly cited as
- "Teens are on social media almost constantly" / "1 in 5 teens on TikTok almost constantly"
- True origin
- Pew Research Center — Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025 (Dec. 9, 2025)
- Type
- Reference fact: A frequently needed number or rule taken directly from a primary source (e.g. Pew, Census, IAB/PwC, FTC), with its as-of date.
- Year
- 2025
- Data as of
- Published Dec. 9, 2025
- Last checked
- What the source says
About one-in-five teens say this of TikTok and YouTube. Fewer describe their use of Instagram and Snapchat as almost constant (12% for each). And just 3% say this of Facebook. Across these five platforms, 36% of teens use at least one of these sites almost constantly.
- Method & sample
- Pew Research Center survey of 1,458 U.S. teens ages 13 to 17; 'almost constantly' is self-reported.
- Drift between quote and source
- None — self-reported frequency, U.S. teens 13–17; the TikTok share was 21%, up from 16%
- Interest
- n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).
Safe rephrasing
In Pew Research Center's 2025 survey, about one in five U.S. teens said they use TikTok (21%) and YouTube almost constantly, and 36% said so of at least one of five major platforms.
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