Social networking gets older as teens ditch Facebook to turn to Twitter
Ahh, all that social networking, it's for the kids right? Apparently not according to the most recent survey of the people using the popular websites.
Conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project in the States, the survey found that Facebook is definitely getting older, hopping from a median age of 26 in May 2008, to 33 now.
Considering Facebook was made for college students, its certainly an interesting move upwards, but could be attributed to nosey parents signing up to keep an eye on their wayward teens.
Even more interesting is that despite a number of reports saying that the young'uns out there have no interest in Twitter, it is currently the second youngest social network out there – even though the median age is still 31.
Having said that, a closer look at the figures shows a younger take up this year, hopping from 19% of those aged 18-24 using the service to 37% since December 2008, and 31% of 25-34 year olds compared to 20% last year.
Out of all of the social networks, MySpace came out with the youngest average age at 26, but really – apart from musicians, does anyone use MySpace anymore?
What is your social network of choice? And do these figures shock you? Let us know below.
Via: Read Write Web
Comments
hooman78
2 years ago
facebook is by far the most useful, no need to email your inbox your holiday / bday snaps. twitter is for "the media luvvies" who want to promote themselve.
what i dont get about twitter is surely its facebook with the status updates, right??
matt869
2 years ago
I agree hooman78. Twitter is just facebook status updates and nothing else. I would find it hard to believe that people would leave fb for twitter inless they dont bother with photos, chat and games.
Artoisguy
2 years ago
what really annoys me about FB is that they keep "mucking about with it" .. what on earth is all of this news feed and live feed all about?? ... I end up checking out FB on my phone (N97) because its easier to make sense of ...
You're right what you say about Twitter .. it is just FB updates .. tried it for a few weeks and just couldn't see the point ... if you have a mobile phone just use something like Fring or Nimbuzz (both free) and you can get all of your social networking stuff in one place ... why would you have FB and Twitter?????
Bhusta
5 weeks ago
It’s surely an attractive move upwards, but might be credited to inquisitive parents sign up to stay an look at on their naughty adolescence.
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