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This statistic provides information about the perceived effect of social networking on the social and emotional well-being of U.S. teenagers between the ages 13 and 17. Some teens do see an effect of social networking on their social and emotional lives, and for them it is largely a positive one. For example, some teens say that using their main social networking site makes them feel less shy (29 percent) and more outgoing (28 percent), or helps them feel more confident (20 percent), more popular (19 percent), more sympathetic to others (19 percent), and better about themselves (15 percent).