Snapchat was the most popular app among Swedish youth as of 2018, with over 80 percent of teenagers aged 13 to 18 years using the interactive platform. The corresponding figure for nine-to 12-year-olds was 45 percent. Instagram was also commonly used among Swedish children that year. Among younger children, social media was most common for Swedes aged ten. Over half of the children of this age group were on social media in 2018. In contrast, only six percent of six-year-olds in the country used social media in the evaluated period.
Internet access
The majority of Swedish children had a shared internet access with family members in 2018. Own internet access was most common among teenagers who were 17 or 18-years old that year, amounting to nearly one third of the respondents in that age group. In contrast, three percent of Swedes in the same age group had no internet access at all.
What do pupils think of internet?
As of 2018, most Swedish pupils considered internet important for both school and private life. Nearly 90 percent of high schoolers though the internet is important for personal purposes and over 90 percent found it important for school tasks.
Leading apps used by children in Sweden in 2018, by age group
Characteristic
9-12 years
13-16 years
17-18 years
Snapchat
45%
85%
83%
Instagram
27%
79%
79%
Facebook
-
-
43%
Youtube
61%
60%
42%
Spotify
13%
36%
38%
Tiktok
14%
-
-
Netflix
-
18%
-
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of children45%45%27%27%61%61%13%13%14%14%85%85%79%79%60%60%36%36%18%18%83%83%79%79%43%43%42%42%38%38%9-12 years13-16 years17-18 yearsSnapchatInstagramFacebookYoutubeSpotifyTiktokNetflix
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Swedish Media Council. (September 11, 2019). Leading apps used by children in Sweden in 2018, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1049854/leading-apps-used-by-children-in-sweden-by-age/
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