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How Much Time Does The Average Teen Spend Online?

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I came across this article via CrunchGear about a study done in the UK that found that teenagers spend an average of 31 hours online every week

They found that a high majority of that time was spent chatting with friends on MSN or browsing around the major social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook.  Of course there was also lots of time getting lost in the entertainment abyss that is YouTube.
Here were a couple of other things that stood out to me:

  • Just over an hour is devoted to looking up cosmetic surgery procedures
  • An hour and a half is spent on family planning and pregnancy websites
  • One hour 35 minutes is spent investigating diets and weight loss.
  • One in four teenagers of the 1,000 polled said they regularly spoke to strangers online but thought it harmless.
  • One in three admitted trying to hide what they were looking at if a parent entered the room.
  • But children also use the internet to help them with homework, with at least three hours a week spent searching for such information.

Interesting stuff.  It’s kind of scary how much time is spent on things like cosmetic surgery, diets, and weight loss.  Gives you an idea of the level of self-esteem for most students.  Also, how much time is spent on pregnancy websites…figures like those get your attention. 

Again, these are figures from the UK…how do you think they would compare with the US?  Leave your comment below…

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2 Comments

  1. La-anonymous
    Posted May 20, 2009 at 7:00 pm | Permalink

    what about forums and chats? i spend about 70 percent of my time on them.

  2. Posted June 27, 2009 at 2:25 pm | Permalink

    la-anonymous must be ugly and have no life.

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