Seven in ten (70%) social networking teens report reading the blogs of others, and three in four social networking teens (76%) have posted comments to a friend’s blog on a social networking site. And, in keeping with the conversational nature of social media, social networking teens are also interacting with others’ blogs. Two in five (42%) teens who use social networking sites also say they blog. Some 55% of online teens have profiles on a social network site (SNS) such as Facebook or MySpace and those who have such profiles are much more likely to be bloggers than those who do not have social network profiles. The growth in blogs tracks with the growth in teens’ use of social networking sites, but they do not completely overlap. 18%), but younger girl bloggers have grown at such a fast clip that they are now outpacing even the older boys (32% of girls ages 12-14 blog vs. Older teen girls are still far more likely to blog when compared with older boys (38% vs. Virtually all of the growth in teen blogging between 20 is due to the increased activity of girls. This gender gap for blogging has grown larger over time. Overall, girls dominate the teen blogosphere 35% of all online teen girls blog, compared with 20% of online teen boys. About 19% of online teens blogged at the end of 2004, and 28% of online teens were bloggers at the end of 2006. The number of teen bloggers nearly doubled from 2004 to 2006. Girls continue to lead the charge as the teen blogosphere grows 28% of online teens have created a blog, up from 19% in 2004. The current survey marks the first time questions about video posting and sharing were asked. In addition to those core elements of content creation, 55% of online teens ages 12-17 have created a profile on a social networking site such as Facebook or MySpace 47% of online teens have uploaded photos where others can see them, though many restrict access to the photos in some way and 14% of online teens have posted videos online. The percentage of those ages 12-17 who said “yes” to at least one of those five content-creation activities is 64% of online teens, or 59% of all teens. 26% remix content they find online into their own creations, up from 19% in 2004.27% maintain their own personal webpage, up from 22% in 2004.28% have created their own online journal or blog, up from 19% in 2004.33% create or work on webpages or blogs for others, including those for groups they belong to, friends, or school assignments, basically unchanged from 2004 (32%).39% of online teens share their own artistic creations online, such as artwork, photos, stories, or videos, up from 33% in 2004.The Pew Internet & American Life Project has found that 64% of online teens ages 12-17 have participated in one or more among a wide range of content-creating activities on the internet, up from 57% of online teens in a similar survey at the end of 2004.
Some 93% of teens use the internet, and more of them than ever are treating it as a venue for social interaction – a place where they can share creations, tell stories, and interact with others. The use of social media – from blogging to online social networking to creation of all kinds of digital material – is central to many teenagers’ lives.
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