According to a June survey of kids and teens in the United States, 70 percent of respondents played video games with friends online. Additionally, almost five in 10 respondents who played video games online to socialize did so every week. Video calls and online meetings on Zoom or Facetime were also common, with 56 percent of the surveyed young users reporting to have done so in order to keep their social connections during the coronavirus outbreaks in 2021.
Share of children and teens in the United States who participated in select activities to socialize online during the coronavirus pandemic as of June 2021, by frequency
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Statistics on Children and media in the U.S.
General overview
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- Premium Statistic Parental control over children's media consumption U.S. 2019-2020
- Basic Statistic Coronavirus TV viewing: children's TV audience growth U.S. 2020
- Basic Statistic Video services considered the best for kids' content in the U.S. 2020
- Basic Statistic Podcast listening by kids U.S. 2020, by age group
- Premium Statistic U.S. young users online social activities during COVID-19 pandemic 2021, by frequency
- Premium Statistic U.S. young users daily media activities during the COVID-19 pandemic 2021, by age
- Premium Statistic U.S. young users online social activities during COVID-19 pandemic 2021, by gender
- Basic Statistic Video gamers in the United States 2021, by age
Books & print media
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- Premium Statistic Unit sales of frontlist children's books U.S. H1 2022
- Premium Statistic Average reading time in the U.S. 2018-2021, by age group
- Premium Statistic Number of Scholastic's classroom magazines 2014-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. book publishers revenue 2010-2021, by source
- Premium Statistic Children's book publishing revenue in the U.S. 2010-2019
- Premium Statistic Scholastic's classroom magazine circulation 2014-2021
Television and cinema
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- Premium Statistic Number of tickets sold for kids fiction movies in the U.S. & Canada 1995-2022
- Premium Statistic Top-grossing kids movies in North America 1995-2022
- Premium Statistic Most-viewed kids fiction films in the U.S. & Canada 2022, by number of tickets sold
- Basic Statistic Highest-grossing PG movies in the U.S. and Canada 1995-2023
- Basic Statistic Box office market share of PG-rated movies in the U.S. & Canada 1995-2022
- Basic Statistic Most-viewed PG movies in the U.S. & Canada 2022, by number of tickets sold
- Premium Statistic Highest-grossing animation movies in the U.S. & Canada 1937-2023
- Premium Statistic Share of families with kids buying and watching PVoD in the U.S. 2020
YouTube
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- Basic Statistic YouTube: most subscribed kids content channels 2023
- Basic Statistic YouTube: most viewed channels 2023
- Premium Statistic Highest-earning YouTube stars 2021
- Basic Statistic YouTube: negative content watched by kids in the U.S. 2020, by frequency
- Premium Statistic Online videos watched by young kids in the U.S. 2020, by category
Internet
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- Basic Statistic Most visited online content categories among kids worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Adult content category online access by children 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Online communication media access by children 2021, by country
- Premium Statistic Amazon Appstore: number of available kids apps as of Q3 2022
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- Internet usage for reading blogs in Finland 2022, by education level
- UK children leading online activities 2020, by gender
- Most common reasons for using networking services (SNS) in Japan 2021
- Argentina: popular online activities 2017, by age & gender
- Social media usage among Gen Z users in the UK 2022, by reason
- U.S teens and adults on enhanced experiences in the metaverse 2022
- Advertising budget spent on social media platforms in South Africa 2019-2022
- UK children and parents on the benefits of children using the internet 2021
- Engagement in online political and civic activities in the U.S. 2021
- Social media platforms used by companies in South Africa 2018-2022
- Effects of harmful online contact worldwide 2022, by gender
- Reasons Turkish social media users stopped using any platform 2022, by age group
- Share of Turkish social media users who stopped using any platform 2022, by age group
- Share of active users on social media platforms in Czechia 2022, by platform
- Chile: reasons for Instagram usage 2022
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Common Sense Media. (December 10, 2021). Share of children and teens in the United States who participated in select activities to socialize online during the coronavirus pandemic as of June 2021, by frequency [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281544/us-kids-teens-online-social-activities-coronavirus-by-frequency/
Common Sense Media. "Share of children and teens in the United States who participated in select activities to socialize online during the coronavirus pandemic as of June 2021, by frequency." Chart. December 10, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281544/us-kids-teens-online-social-activities-coronavirus-by-frequency/
Common Sense Media. (2021). Share of children and teens in the United States who participated in select activities to socialize online during the coronavirus pandemic as of June 2021, by frequency. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281544/us-kids-teens-online-social-activities-coronavirus-by-frequency/
Common Sense Media. "Share of Children and Teens in The United States Who Participated in Select Activities to Socialize Online during The Coronavirus Pandemic as of June 2021, by Frequency." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281544/us-kids-teens-online-social-activities-coronavirus-by-frequency/
Common Sense Media, Share of children and teens in the United States who participated in select activities to socialize online during the coronavirus pandemic as of June 2021, by frequency Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281544/us-kids-teens-online-social-activities-coronavirus-by-frequency/ (last visited March 31, 2023)
Share of children and teens in the United States who participated in select activities to socialize online during the coronavirus pandemic as of June 2021, by frequency [Graph], Common Sense Media, December 10, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1281544/us-kids-teens-online-social-activities-coronavirus-by-frequency/