As of May 2026 in the United Kingdom, 98 percent of Generation Z, those born between 1995 and 2012, were using social media. The same was true for 96 percent of millennials in the country. Overall, 91 percent of Gen X were on social networks, as were 87 percent of Baby Boomers.
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