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More than 15% of teens say they’re on YouTube or TikTok ‘almost constantly’::A new Pew Research Center study finds that more than 15% of teens say they're on YouTube or TikTok "almost constantly."

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[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What are they doing there? I spend a lot of time on YouTube (probably max 2 hours per day), but if there are no new videos from channels I subscribe I just quit.

[-] httpjames@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've spent over 2,000 hours on YouTube this year alone and am in the target demographic of this study. I watch a lot of videos in the background while I work, commute, or just chill, to keep myself stimulated.

Although not all of the content I watch is necessarily educational, a grand majority of it is. Whenever there's a science video in my feed, I'll probably click it. I'm subscribed to Veritasum, TED, Vox, No Boilerplate, etc.

[-] DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

They are using YT shorts. The next video auto populates with something the algorithm thinks you'll watch for 15 seconds and it's usually correct. Its like a slot machine. Quick and easy entertainment that people can lose hours in

[-] AbsurdityAccelerator@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

YT shorts is garbage. It will show the same videos to me over and over again.

[-] gunpachi@lemmings.world 1 points 9 months ago

I have seen that almost every time I used yt shorts.

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

you're just not subscribed to enough channels. I probably spend 4h+ a day on average, mostly watching channels I'm subscribed to, and I don't usually watch everything. Ah, and no shorts, that's garbage.

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