B
Evidence Grade B
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58%
58% -- daily social media usage rate for Australian teenagers (2026)
About 58% of Australian teenagers report checking social media apps daily following the implementation of the under-16 social media ban.
- Value is an approximation ('About 58%')
- Represents self-reported daily checking of social apps post-ban
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Evidence graded
Value
58%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
4,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
eSafety Commissioner
Primary
Tier A
https://ambrosi.ca/australias-16-social-media-ban-failed-stop-teens-logging ↗
Source Article
Why Australia's Under 16 Social Media Ban Failed To Stop Tee
Original Research
eSafety Commissioner
· Original study ↗
Methodology
eSafety Commissioner study; down from roughly 60% pre-ban
Methodology documented
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Industrymarketing
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Australian teenagers: 58% daily social media usage rate. Source: eSafety Commissioner (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/australian-teens-daily-social-usage-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/australian-teens-daily-social-usage-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>58%</strong> -- daily social media usage rate for Australian teenagers<br><small>Source: eSafety Commissioner (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/australian-teens-daily-social-usage-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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