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During the first confinement, teens were not the only ones to succumb to social networks

2020-12-24T07:16:45.584Z


If Instagram has rejuvenated its audience and TikTok has seen its popularity take off, Médiamétrie data undermines certain received ideas about users of social platforms.


Telework, distance school and university, short-time employees stuck at home ... the confinement of this spring has caused a sharp increase in Internet use in France.

If professional tools like Zoom or Teams have taken off, entertainment platforms, social networks and messaging have also had their heyday during these almost three months of confinement.

Read also: With confinement, internet use is skyrocketing

Have our teens been engulfed by screens during this confinement?

Which platforms have captured the attention of young people the most?

Le Figaro asked Médiamétrie.

The data provided by the institute on a sample of services known to be popular with young people (Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, but also Twitch, the mobile and computer version of Netflix, and the video game platform Roblox) before, during and after confinement, paint a more nuanced picture of the situation.

While some platforms have indeed rejuvenated their audiences in the spring,

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Source: lefigaro

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