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75%

75% -- social networking usage rate for US teens and young adults (2010-02)

Name: Social Networking Usage Rate Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-27

2010-02 · Pew Research Center

Almost 75% of teens and young adults use social networking sites.

The source specifies 'almost 75%' rather than exactly 75%

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Value

75%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2010-02

Entity

US teens and young adults

Geography

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

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61/100 confidence

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Pew Research Center Primary Tier A

http://www.webteacher.ws/2010/02/16/pew-research-looks-at-social-media-and-young-adults/ ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2010-02 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

Pew Research Looks at Social Media and Young Adults

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Pew Research Center · Original study ↗

Methodology

Pew Research survey

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Segmentation

Industrymedia_entertainment RegionUS RoleAll marketers Channelsocial

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US teens and young adults: 75% social networking usage rate. Source: Pew Research Center (2010-02). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/teen-social-networking-use-2010

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