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41% -- smartphone ownership rate for US kids ages 8-12 (2019)
In 2019, 41% of kids ages 8 to 12 had their own smartphone.
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41%
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2019
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Common Sense Media
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In 2015, 24% of kids ages 8 – 12 had their own smartphone while 67% of teens ages 13-18 had their own smartphone. In 2019, the number climbs to 41% for kids and 84% for teens.
In 2019, the average 8 to 12 year-old American kid sp…
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US kids ages 8-12: 41% smartphone ownership rate. Source: Common Sense Media (2019). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/kids-8-12-smartphone-ownership-2019
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/kids-8-12-smartphone-ownership-2019" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>41%</strong> -- smartphone ownership rate for US kids ages 8-12<br><small>Source: Common Sense Media (2019) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/kids-8-12-smartphone-ownership-2019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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