This statistic shows the percentage of people belonging to the global Generation Y who use social media sites as of October 2010. During the survey, it was found that 89 percent of respondents who were born between 1975 and 1992 were using social networking sites.
Types of social sites accessed by global Generation Y users in 2010, by reach
(in percent)
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