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56%

56% -- share of children with own social media accounts for children (US, per parents' survey responses) (2026)

Name: Share Of Children With Own Social Media Accounts Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-30

2026 · Common Sense Media (Common Sense Census)

56% of children have their own social media accounts according to research from Common Sense Census based on parents' survey responses.

Based on parents' survey responses

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Last verified: 2026-09-30 · How we verify data →

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56%

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Percentage

Data Vintage

2026

Entity

children (US, per parents' survey responses)

Geography

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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

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Source

Common Sense Media (Common Sense Census) Primary Tier C

https://antivirus.com/teaching-kids-to-be-smart-on-social-media/ ↗

Confidence: 23/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Teaching Kids to be Smart on Social Media | Antivirus.com - Cybersecurity, Data Leaks & Scams, How

Original Research

Common Sense Media (Common Sense Census) · Original study ↗

Methodology

Based on parents' survey responses, cited from Common Sense Census

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Industrymedia_entertainment RegionUS

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children (US, per parents' survey responses): 56% share of children with own social media accounts. Source: Common Sense Media (Common Sense Census) (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/children-social-media-accounts-56pct

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