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Online activities children in the United States take part in according to their parents as of May 2024, by school level

Characteristic	Elementary school	Middle school	High school
Watching videos/video clips on YouTube	85%	85%	89%
Television/film streaming	70%	71%	80%
Gaming	59%	70%	69%
School or educational learning platforms	53%	56%	59%
Watching video clips on TikTok	34%	64%	75%
Music streaming	34%	60%	74%
Social media	20%	49%	76%
Instant messaging platform or service	20%	48%	64%
Online video chat platforms	22%	34%	44%
Emailing	11%	36%	48%
Video game live streaming	15%	29%	32%
Creating/uploading videos to TikTok	12%	26%	30%
Creating/uploading videos to YouTube	14%	18%	26%
None of the above/not allowed to use the internet	1%	1%	0%

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Release date

July 2024

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Region

United States

Survey time period

May 6 to 23, 2024

Number of respondents

1,415 (663 elementary school parents / 330 middle school parents / 422 high school parents)

Supplementary notes

Survey was conducted among the parents and guardians of children attending public school in the United States from grades K-12.

The survey was conducted in English and Spanish.

Results were weighted to be representative of United States parents.

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According to a survey conducted among parents of school-aged children in the United States in May 2024, more than 80 percent of children across all school levels used the internet to watch video content on YouTube, with up to 89 percent of high schooler students doing so. Television or film streaming and gaming were other popular online activities for children regardless of age. However, activities such as the use of TikTok, music streaming, and the general use of social media saw higher discrepancies in use according to age, with these activties being less common among younger children.