Video streaming, recording and video chat have become quite a norm amongst a lot of internet users. A recent survey conducted by Pew Research in colaboration with OnlineCollege.org brings some facts and numbers about online video consumption amongst teens.
Teen surfing habits have been quite under the scanner for long. Parents and teachers are especially concerned about what teens are doing online.
Although this infographic and survey doesn’t exactly concern the whole gamut of what teens may be possi
bly doing online, it addresses the teen online video consumption habits.
About 800 teens in the age group of 12-17 have been surveyed.
Some interesting facts:
- Most video consumption is video chats: 37%
- About 27% record and upload videos
- Girls are more likely to have video chats than boys
- Race or ethnicity does not really matter as all show similar percentages
- 14-17 yr olds are much more exposed to video consumption and usage than 12-13 yr olds
- Those who do video chats are usually found to come from high-income families.
- Community type again does not matter here: urban, rural and semi-urban all show up equal shares
- Most of the people uploading videos, doing video chats are found to have social networking accounts on Facebook and Twitter.
