This statistic shows the most popular activities of U.S. teenagers on social media sites in 2011. During that period of time, 86 percent of participants stated they use them to post status updates, whereas 87 percent of teen respondents stated that they commented on friends' status updates.
Most popular social media platform activities of teens in the United States in 2011
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Send instant messages or chat with a friend through the social network site
88%
Post comments on something a friend has posted
87%
Post a status update
86%
Post a photo or video
80%
Send private messages to a friend within the social network site
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Pew Research Center. (November 9, 2011). Most popular social media platform activities of teens in the United States in 2011 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/207452/teens-most-popular-social-media-activities/
Pew Research Center. "Most popular social media platform activities of teens in the United States in 2011." Chart. November 9, 2011. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207452/teens-most-popular-social-media-activities/
Pew Research Center. (2011). Most popular social media platform activities of teens in the United States in 2011. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207452/teens-most-popular-social-media-activities/
Pew Research Center. "Most Popular Social Media Platform Activities of Teens in The United States in 2011." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Nov 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207452/teens-most-popular-social-media-activities/
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Most popular social media platform activities of teens in the United States in 2011 [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 9, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/207452/teens-most-popular-social-media-activities/
