Overview
- The Pew Research Center report, released Wednesday, finds most U.S. teens say TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat neither help nor hurt their mental health and that they use them mainly for entertainment, especially TikTok.
- TikTok stands out for side effects on daily life, with 37% of teen users saying it hurts their sleep and 29% saying it hurts their productivity.
- Snapchat is where teens communicate most, with 57% messaging there daily and 28% posting each day, higher shares than on Instagram or TikTok.
- Experiences vary by group, as Black teens are more likely to use TikTok and to get news there, and girls more often report spending too much time on TikTok and being targets of rumor-spreading on Snapchat and TikTok.
- Parents are more likely to flag overuse, with 44% of parents of TikTok users saying their teen spends too much time there compared with 28% of teens.