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1. 24% of teens are online "almost constantly".

2. 92% of teens are online daily.

3. 75% of teens have access to smart phone.

4. 91% of teens go online via a mobile device at least occassionally.

5. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter are the most used social media platforms by teens.

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Pew Research Center: Internet, Science & Tech

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24% of teens go online "almost constantly," facilitated by the widespread availability of smartphones.

Aided by the convenience and constant access provided by mobile devices, especially smartphones, 92% of teens report going online daily - including 24% who say they go online "almost constantly," according to a new study from Pew Research Center. More than half (56%) of teens - defined in this report as those ages 13 to 17 - go online several times a day, and 12% report once-a-day use. Just 6% of teens report going online weekly, and 2% go online less often.

Much of this frenzy of access is facilitated by mobile devices. Nearly three-quarters of teens have or have access to a smartphone and 30% have a basic phone, while just 12% of teens 13 to 17 say they have no cell phone of any type. African-American teens are the most likely of any group of teens to have a smartphone, with 85% having access to one, compared with 71% of both white and Hispanic teens. These phones and other mobile devices have become a primary driver of teen internet use: Fully 91% of teens go online from mobile devices at least occasionally. Among these "mobile teens," 94% go online daily or more often. By comparison, teens who don't access the internet via mobile devices tend to go online less frequently. Some 68% go online at least daily.

African-American and Hispanic youth report more frequent internet use than white teens. Among African-American teens, 34% report going online "almost constantly" as do 32% of Hispanic teens, while 19% of white teens go online that often.

Facebook is the most popular and frequently used social media platform among teens; half of teens use Instagram, and nearly as many use Snapchat

Facebook remains the most used social media site among American teens ages 13 to 17 with 71% of all teens using the site, even as half of teens use Instagram and four-in-ten use Snapchat.
71% of teens use more than one social network site
Teens are diversifying their social network site use. A majority of teens - 71% - report using more than one social network site out of the seven platform options they were asked about. Among the 22% of teens who only use one site, 66% use Facebook, 13% use Google+, 13% use Instagram and 3% use Snapchat.

This study uses a somewhat different method than Pew Research Center's previous reports on teens. While both are probability-based, nationally representative samples of American teens, the current survey was administered online, while our previous work involved surveying teens by phone. A great deal of previous research has found that the mode of interview - telephone vs. online self-administration - can affect the results. The magnitude and direction of these effects are difficult to predict, though for most kinds of questions, the fundamental conclusions one would draw from the data will be similar regardless of mode. Accordingly, we will not compare specific percentages from previous research with results from the current survey. But we believe that the broad contours and patterns evident in this web-based survey are comparable to those seen in previous telephone surveys.

Facebook remains a dominant force in teens' social media ecosystems, even as Instagram and Snapchat have risen into a prominent role in teens' online lives. Asked which platforms they used most often, the overall population of teens in this sample (ages 13 to 17) reported that Facebook was the site they used most frequently (41% said that), followed by Instagram (20%) and Snapchat (11%).

Boys are more likely than girls to report that they visit Facebook most often (45% of boys vs. 36% of girls). Girls are more likely than boys to say they use Instagram (23% of girls vs. 17% of boys) and Tumblr (6% of girls compared with less than 1% of boys). Older teens ages 15 to 17 are more likely than younger teens to cite Facebook (44% vs. 35% of younger teens), Snapchat (13% vs. 8%) and Twitter (8% vs. 3%) as a most often used platform, while younger teens ages 13 to 14 are more likely than their older compatriots to list Instagram (25% vs. 17% of older teens) as a platform they visit most often.

Middle and upper income teens lean toward Instagram and Snapchat

The survey data reveals a distinct pattern in social media use by socio-economic status. Teens from less well-off households (those earning less than $50,000) are more likely than others to say they use Facebook the most: 49% of these teens say they use it most often, compared with 37% of teens from somewhat wealthier families (those earning $50,000 or more).

Teens from more affluent households are somewhat more likely than those from the least affluent homes to say they visit Snapchat most often, with 14% of those from families earning more than $75,000 saying Snapchat is their top site, compared with 7% of those whose families earn less than $30,000 annually. Twitter shows a similar pattern by income, with the wealthiest teens using Twitter more than their least well-to-do peers. It should be noted that some of these differences may be artifacts of differences in use of these sites by these different subgroups of teens.

Smartphones facilitate shifts in teens' communication and information landscape

As American teens adopt smartphones, they have a variety of methods for communication and sharing at their disposal. Texting is an especially important mode of communication for many teens. Some 88% of teens have or have access to cell phones or smartphones and 90% of those teens with phones exchange texts. A typical teen sends and receives 30 texts per day

And teens are not simply sending messages through the texting system that telephone companies offer. Some 73% of teens have access to smartphones and among them messaging apps like Kik or WhatsApp have caught on. Fully 33% of teens with phones have such apps. And Hispanic and African-American youth with phones are substantially more likely to use messaging apps, with 46% of Hispanic and 47% of African-American teens using a messaging app compared with 24% of white teens.

Girls dominate social media; boys are more likely to play video games

Teenage girls use social media sites and platforms - particularly visually-oriented ones - for sharing more than their male counterparts do. For their part, boys are more likely than girls to own gaming consoles and play video games.

Data for this report was collected for Pew Research Center. The survey was administered online by the GfK Group using its KnowledgePanel, in English and Spanish, to a nationally representative sample of over 1,060 teens ages 13 to 17 and a parent or guardian from September 25 to October 9, 2014 and February 10 to March 16, 2015. In the fall, 1016 parent-teen pairs were interviewed. The survey was re-opened in the spring and 44 pairs were added to the sample. For more on the methods for this study, please visit the Methods section at the end of this report.

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Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015

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24% of teens go online "almost constantly," facilitated by the widespread availability of smartphones. Aided by the convenience and constant access provided by mobile devices, especially smartphones, 92% of teens report going online daily - including 24% who say they go online "almost constantly," according to a new study from Pew Research Center.

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1. More and more kids are using social media and they should be aware of how to use it properly

2. Some adults, parents, college students and highschoolers can't handle themselves well on the internet so you can't expect middle schoolers to know without being taught or told

3. Bullying is prevalent in middle school

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1. It will save them from future embarrassment.

2. Teaching kids early will help them understand netiquette better.

3. Middle schoolers can be mean and by teaching them the consequences that come from cyberbullying can be helpful.

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1) Kids will learn the consequences of posting things

2) Kids are just getting social media in MS

3) Social media is becoming more and more important to everyday life

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1)Middle school is when most bullying begins to start

2)Kids in middle school dont yet realize how hurtful their words can be

3)It would be good to start them young to learn about it before their older and its too late

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1.Many middle school kids do not understand the repercussions.

2.bullying happens often in middle school.

3.social media is used more and more in todays everyday life.

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1: Middle school is a time to mature

2: Most bullying happens in middle school

3: Middle schoolers have the most technology and are the most irresponsible

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1. Students will learn all the dangers about posting online.

2. Students will also learn how hurtful their words can be to others

3. They will be taught that what they post could affect their job or what college they can get into greatly.

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1. Digcit should be taught in middle school because kids are becoming increasingly more dependent on the media.

2.Students don't realize that what they post can harm others so I think that they should be taught the netiquette that this course provides.

3. Students grow up with this technology so they should also have to learn the "rules" of online.

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1. Student will learn how to better what they post online to look better to colleges and workplaces.

2. Students could learn the repercussions of their actions online.

3.Students could learn what is appropriate for online and what's not.

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1. Everyone no matter there age should know how to use the internet

2. people should know that cyberbullying could really hurt people

3. people should know that there actions now could harm them in the future

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1. kids aren't mature enough to know how to handle themselves on social media

2. middle schoolers don't realize how many people can see what they are putting on the internet

3.kids in middle school don't understand the consequenses of some things that they say

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1. Everyone should know the consequences of their actions online

2. DigCit teaches maturity online, which would be helpful to middle schoolers.

3. To learn whats right and wrong on the internet.

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1. Kids in the middle school should realize how hurtful cyberbullying is.

2.Digital Citizenship is very important now in our generation cause kids should know how hurtful it is.

3. If kids post stupid stuff now it could reflect on them in the future.

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1. Middle school kids are immature and tend to be cruel in real life and on the internet.

2. We don't want middle schoolers to post something that they will regret in the future or may even harm their future.

3. Digital Citizenship is a class that should be required so kids know how to act on the internet because we live in a world run by the internet.

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1. Kids are careless in middle school and don't know right from wrong.

2. Middle schoolers are immature and don't think twice before posting something and when they look back on what they post they often regret it.

3. Kids don't realize how serious social media can be and how serious the consequences can be.

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1. This is the time kids start making their Digital Tattoo and they are prone to making mistakes not have been taught

2 Being this young their brains have not developed the area that gives them a future look on their actions and the younger they are told the more easily they will remember

3 They can perfect and master how to maneuver the online world while understanding how to work all the social media websites

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1. Many young teens don't know what's right or wrong online and post things that can easily get them in trouble

2. When Middle School kids/teens get in arguments or disagreements online they say things they regret because they are too immature for social media

3. Young teens do not realize the consequences and think that anything they post online is considered "freedom of speech"

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1) Children should be taught younger about digital citizenship so they are aware about it and will use social media, web, cell phones, etc better they will be more careful in the digital world.

2) Children do not realize the consequences that could happen by what they post on the internet it will effect you later on if you do not use it properly

3) Children usually do not think before they post something on the internet

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1. Many children don't realize what they put on the internet can effect their life or another persons life

2. Children don't think about what they are going to say on the internet before they post it

3. They don't realize the consequences in the end if they something that is completely inappropriate

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1. Most children entering middle school start getting more involved into cellphones and using social media.

2. Middle schoolers are less mature than high schoolers and tend to say things online without thinking about them.

3. Drama is highly common in middle school, learning about digital citizenship could help eliminate it from happening over social media.