YouTube is the most popular Internet site for teens, according to the research experts at The Futures Company—booting perennial favorite Facebook out of the top spot.
According to a recent poll by the company, in which respondents could pick their five favorite Internet sites, YouTube was tops on the list, making the grade with half of teens. Facebook was second, with 45.2 percent listing the site as one of their favorites. Amazon (27.8%), Google (25%) and Twitter (19.5%) rounded out the teens’ top five.
The study confirms Facebook’s own research that suggests teens are growing less enamored with the site. Overall, Facebook was still quite popular: More than half of users overall listed Fascebook as one of their favorite sites, and 55 percent of adults in their 20s named Facebook. (Mashable)
Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife Wendy and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.