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38% -- social media usage rate for Kids ages 8-12 (2025)
38% of tweens (ages 8 to 12) use social media.
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2025
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Digital Wellness Lab
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https://digitalwellnesslab.org/family-digital-wellness-guide/school-age/ ↗
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Grade School - Tween - The Digital Wellness Lab
Family Digital Wellness Guide
Grade School to Tween (Ages 6-12)
Guide Exploration with Balance and Safety in Mind
As children enter middle childhood, their curiosity grows, and their world begins to expand beyond home and family. During this stage, technology often becomes a bigger part of their liv…
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Kids ages 8-12: 38% social media usage rate. Source: Digital Wellness Lab (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/kids-8-12-social-media-use
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