Teens are leaving Facebook. Here is where they going instead.

The site has seen 20% drop in usage

Rukshan
All Things Tech
1 min readJun 2, 2018

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Facebook was used to be a place where you can post just about anything.

But today the site is more of a place where everyone from your parents to random strangers are in your friends list.

A place where you try to hide your friend list and share less in fear of being judged.

According to a results from a recent survey teens are seems to be leaving Facebook in drawers.

Facebook has seen a drop in its usage by teenagers a 20% drop from 71% to 51%.

The most popular service amongst teenagers according to the survey is YouTube, followed by Instagram and SnapChat.

It is no wonder YouTube is more popular as people nowadays engage more with video content than pictures.

Even on Facebook video content are the most engaging content amongst their users.

Teens make up the most prized demography in social media as they are the most engaging users and are more likely to adopt new features than the older generation.

This news comes in a time where Reddit has gone past Facebook as the third most popular website in the USA according to Alexa.

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Rukshan
All Things Tech

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