French teens using their real name on social media in France 2019, by age and gender

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Ani Petrosyan,
Jan 9, 2024
As the popularity of social media has been growing in the past few years, the source wanted to know if French girls and boys aged between 11 and 14 and between 15 and 18 years old used their real name or identity on social media. Thus, most boys aged 11 to 14 did not expose their real name or identity on social media, compared to almost 81 percent of girls aged 15 to 18.

Do you expose your real name (identity) on social media?

CharacteristicYesNo
11-14 year old boys 47.48% 52.52%
15-18 year old boys 57% 43%
11-14 year old girls 69.92% 30.08%
15-18 year old girls 80.61% 19.39%
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Release date

May 2019

Region

France

Survey time period

September 1, 2018 to May 24, 2019

Number of respondents

7,747 respondents

Age group

11-18 years old

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The question was phrased by the source as follows: " Sur ton/tes profil(s) sur les réseaux sociaux… - C'est ton vrai nom (ta vrai identité)"

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