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77%

77% -- social media use several times daily for US high school students (2024)

2024  · CDC

77% of U.S. high school students use social media several times a day.

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77%
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2024
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US high school students
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https://mosaic.agency/bi-weekly-media-brief/ ↗
Confidence: 53/100 Vintage: 2024 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Bi-Weekly Media Brief - Full Service Media Planning and Buying
BI-WEEKLY MEDIA BRIEF August 23, 2024 Social Media: For the first time, the CDC asked teens about their social media use, finding that 77% of U.S. high school students use social media several times a day, and that 47% describe themselves as being online “almost constantly.” Source: Education Week T…
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CDC survey of teens, first time asking about social media use; cited via Education Week

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US high school students: 77% social media use several times daily. Source: CDC (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-teens-social-media-several-times-daily-2024
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-teens-social-media-several-times-daily-2024" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>77%</strong> -- social media use several times daily for US high school students<br><small>Source: CDC (2024) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-teens-social-media-several-times-daily-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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