U.S. adults on harmful social media usage of teens and kids by age 2023

According to a survey conducted in the United States in October 2023, 36 percent of Generation X respondents thought that social media usage was extremely harmful for teenagers and children. Overall, 30 percent of Baby boomers felt the same. Just under 30 percent of Millennials said that teens' and kids' social media usage was very harmful, while 12 percent of Generation Z felt it was completely safe.

Adults in the United States who think social media usage is harmful for teenagers and children under the age of 18 as of October 2023, by age group

Characteristic	Completely harmless/safe	Mostly harmless	Somewhat harmful	Very harmful	Extremely harmful/dangerous
Gen Z (18-24)	12%	16%	35%	23%	14%
Millennials (25-44)	6%	10%	27%	29%	29%
Gen X (45-54)	1%	4%	29%	31%	36%
Baby boomers or older (55+)	0%	5%	30%	36%	30%

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

October 26 to 30, 2023

Number of respondents

3,235 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

weighted by U.S. Census

Supplementary notes

Original question: On a scale of one to five, how harmful do you think social media usage is for teenagers/children under 18?

Percentages do not sum to 100 due to rounding

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