According to French parents in 2020, the average age to which their children access online video platforms such as YouTube differs according to the age of the children they have. Thus, for parents of children aged eight or nine, they considered the average access age to be at about 6.8. The average age becomes higher when the parents have older children: looking at the results in the graph, for parents of children aged 15 to 17, the average lied at around 13.2 years old.
Since what age has your child been going alone to watch videos online on video platforms like YouTube?
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Average age of children accessing video platforms alone for the first time
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CNIL. (December 18, 2020). Since what age has your child been going alone to watch videos online on video platforms like YouTube? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197828/online-video-platform-children-access-first-time-average-age-parent-opinion/
CNIL. "Since what age has your child been going alone to watch videos online on video platforms like YouTube?." Chart. December 18, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197828/online-video-platform-children-access-first-time-average-age-parent-opinion/
CNIL. (2020). Since what age has your child been going alone to watch videos online on video platforms like YouTube?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197828/online-video-platform-children-access-first-time-average-age-parent-opinion/
CNIL. "Since What Age Has Your Child Been Going Alone to Watch Videos Online on Video Platforms like Youtube?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197828/online-video-platform-children-access-first-time-average-age-parent-opinion/
CNIL, Since what age has your child been going alone to watch videos online on video platforms like YouTube? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197828/online-video-platform-children-access-first-time-average-age-parent-opinion/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Since what age has your child been going alone to watch videos online on video platforms like YouTube? [Graph], CNIL, December 18, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197828/online-video-platform-children-access-first-time-average-age-parent-opinion/