More than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok ‘almost constantly’::A new Pew Research Center study finds that more than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok “almost constantly.”

  • Matriks404@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What are they doing there? I spend a lot of time on YouTube (probably max 2 hours per day), but if there are no new videos from channels I subscribe I just quit.

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      1 year ago

      you’re just not subscribed to enough channels. I probably spend 4h+ a day on average, mostly watching channels I’m subscribed to, and I don’t usually watch everything. Ah, and no shorts, that’s garbage.

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      They are using YT shorts. The next video auto populates with something the algorithm thinks you’ll watch for 15 seconds and it’s usually correct. Its like a slot machine. Quick and easy entertainment that people can lose hours in