An October 2020 survey asked children in Ireland which apps or websites they used the most. Overall, YouTube was the most used online service with 51 percent of respondents stating that they used the platform, followed by Snapchat and Instagram with 43 and 26 percent, respectively. In addition, eight percent of children said that they were currently using Google.
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