As well as the percentage of Gen Z who use social media to research or find products to buy by +29%.For instance, the percentage of Gen Z who use social media to network for work has increased from 2015-2019 by +40%.Of course, the usage of social media is different from one generation to another. They spend 3:22 hrs instead of 3:18 hrs.Ī Figure Shows the Average Time Spent on Social Media by Region and by Generation 2020 Social Media Use by Generation 2020-Top Reasons However, there is a slight increase when it comes to Gen Z by +2%.As for Millennials, nothing changed they spend the same 3:17 hrs on social media.On the other hand, Gen X increased their time spent on social media by +14% from 2:27 hrs to 2:48 hrs.In the Middle East and Africa region, there is an increase in using social media by Baby boomers, from spending 1:36 hrs to spending 2:39 hrs on social media, the increase is +66%.However, Baby boomers, show a growth in social media time in each region as the chart shows, especially in MEA and APAC. This report shows that the growth in time spent per day on social media is slowing down in 2020, for the most part, influenced by Gen Z and millennials in MEA and Northam. Average Time Spent on Social Media Per Day This report shows how different generations use social media and how much time they spend using it, for more details keep on reading the report. One way or another you will have to use social media to get your things done. It is either people staying at home and entertaining themselves, working remotely, or studying online. Even amid the ongoing events and the COVID-19 pandemic, social media use is getting an obvious increase. Read, share, and maybe change a social media habit or two while you’re at it.Social media has become an important and essential part of our everyday life. Of course, this all isn’t meant to demonize social media-but given studies such as this one, it’s obvious that we have to be careful about how we use it.īy now you probably have FOMO for this infographic, so don’t let me keep you any longer. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD), which affects over 8 percent of the population, is characterized by “repetitive, compulsive, and uncontrolled use” of the Internet-a familiar sensation for many Internet denizens.Īnother frightening outcome of social media is its facilitation of cyberbullying, which affects over 72 percent of students each year, and is dangerous for the victims’ mental and physical well-being. People can become addicted to that burst of dopamine, and they keep clicking to get more of it. According to a new infographic from GetVoIP, more than half of respondents who took part in a 2012 study said social media had negatively changed their behavior, while 66 percent of respondents reported they have difficulty relaxing or sleeping after being on social networks.ĭespite the fact that dopamine is released in our brains when we get a notification or click a new link, your mind on social media isn’t always a happy place. And for good reason: What’s more topical today than a term that captures the potentially damaging effects social media can have on our mental health?įOMO isn’t the only new mental-health worry in the age of social media. So real, in fact, that the shorthand for “fear of missing out” has been part of the Oxford English Dictionary for two years.
You may wish that FOMO was a fake buzzword pitched by your social media intern, but it’s very real.
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