Kids and teens love YouTube, but in the UK do they love Spotify more as a source for music? Ofcom’s latest report hints that they might.
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Survey suggests US teenagers prefer YouTube to Netflix
Young people like YouTube? Who knew?! But according to a new survey conducted by US investment firm Piper Jaffray, the fact that American teenagers prefer YouTube to Netflix is newsworthy. The […]
eMarketer says teens are ditching Facebook in France and Germany
It feels like people have been predicting a ‘teen flight’ from Facebook for years now – probably because they have. eMarketer is the latest research firm trying to back up […]
Social media’s impact on the life satisfaction of teenagers is “tiny”
Every generation has its folk devil – the one thing that is apparently going to corrupt and destroy “the young people”. The hula hoop, radio, Hollywood, TV, rock ’n’ roll, […]
Can Facebook ‘Lasso’ teenagers with its new music app?
A 12-month period of misdirected tweets and school-holidays calls to the Music Ally office thinking we were social-music app Musical.ly gave us a ringside seat to the app’s rapid growth, […]
Report 411: The Teenagers Issue
Teens have been the driving force behind popular music and popular culture for almost a century and we use this issue to look at not only how they have shaped music in the past (as both creators and consumers) but also how they will decide the future directions of music and new technologies. We show […]
Teenagers and Digital Music, April 2015
This infographic is an extract from the Music Ally Report
Music teenagers: 60% are streaming while 21% buy downloads
Research firm GlobalWebIndex has been tapping its global panel of teenagers to find out what they’re doing online and how they’re getting their digital entertainment.
The results make for interesting reading, with a number of points about this age group’s music consumption. It’s based on a sample size of 4,849 16-19 year-olds – so “late teenagers” would be a more accurate term to describe them – in 32 countries.
Music findings? Music came top of the chart of “top interests” for the respondents, with 70% saying they are strongly interested in music – ahead of films (around 65%), science and technology (60%) and games (55%).
Snapchat Discovery to provide ‘disappearing’ videos, news and ads
Social app Snapchat remains hugely popular, particularly with teenagers, but how it’s ever going to make money remains a hot topic for debate. The company’s plans are becoming clearer though: […]
Are YouTubers more influential than top musicians among US teens?
Variety brings news of an intriguing survey asking US teenagers who the most influential celebrities are. Only three of the top 10 are ‘traditional’ stars: late actor Paul Walker (sixth), […]
More research emerges claiming teens are leaving Facebook
Digital agency iStrategyLabs is making waves this morning with a report claiming that 3m US teenagers have “left” Facebook in the last three years.
Teens haven’t ditched Facebook (but it might be making them miserable)
We hear you, parents: teenagers rarely need a good reason to be miserable, etc etc.