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Survey shows half of all teens are uninterested in the metaverse

TechSpot

Financial firm Piper Sandler's biannual Gen Z research project (via Fast Company) surveyed 7,100 teens about multiple subjects, including "the metaverse." While 50% admitted to having little or no intention of buying a VR device to access the virtual space, 26% said they already own such a device, and 9%.

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Number of teens using Facebook crashes as YouTube becomes platform of choice

TechSpot

The bad news for Facebook came from a survey by Pew Research Center. teens between the ages of 13 and 17 about their online habits and found that just 32% of them use the Facebook app. It questioned 1,316 U.S.

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Understanding teen gaming: The positive, negative, and complex realities

TechSpot

The think tank recently surveyed 1,423 US teens between the ages of 13 and 17 about their video game habits, and came away with some interesting findings. Read Entire Article

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YouTube claims first-ever lead over Netflix in teen viewership

TechSpot

Investment bank Piper Sandler's 46th semi-annual Generation Z survey of 9,193 US teens (via CNBC) shows that participants spend 29.1% of their daily video consumption time on YouTube. Netflix was a close second at 28.7%. The Google-owned service took its first-ever lead thanks to a small rise since the Spring. Read Entire Article

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How Gen Z uses the internet to self diagnose and get help

Mashable Tech

A new survey and report from the Made of Millions Foundation, a nonprofit mental health advocacy organization, found that only a small fraction of Gen Z youth relies solely on the internet to interpret their symptoms and make their own conclusions about a diagnosis or disorder.

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5 Social Media Stats That’ll Help Your Nonprofit Understand Audiences

TechImpact

And what’s this I hear about teens leaving Facebook for other social networks, is this true? According to a recent survey conducted by LinkedIn , reading industry news posted on the professional social networking site was the top reason for users under 35 to log on and check their feeds. But what social platform are they on the most?

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A teenager on TikTok disrupted thousands of scientific studies with a single video

The Verge

Researchers were caught by surprise after a short video sent a flood of new users to a survey platform Thousands of scientific studies had to toss out weeks of data because of a 56-second TikTok video by a teenager. Basically, it’s a bunch of surveys for different amounts of money and different amounts of time.”. You program a survey.

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