Band 8+: The graph below shows the average number of hours per week that teenagers in one country spent on four leisure activities between 2000 and 2020. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given graph depicts information about the average amount of time per week that teenagers in one country spend on four free-time activities between 2000 and 2020.

Overall, four activities are illustrated in the graph: social media, television, reading and sport. The most remarkable features are the rapid growth of the figure for “Social media” and the considerable decline of the figure for “Television”. Regarding other activities, it is shown that they fluctuated or decreased slightly.

Describing the “Social media” category, we may observe that it started at just about 1 hour a week, subsequently grew and then surged considerably, reaching its peak in 2020 at more than 20 hours a week; however, the “Television”accounted for approximately 18 hours in 2000 and then experienced a slight decrease during the next 4 years. It plummeted significantly from about 2004 to 2020, accounting for only 8 hours and nearly halving in value.

Regarding “Reading” and “Sports”, it is seen that the “Reading” category remained unchanged in early 2000 but after that, decreased steadily from 2004 to 2020. However the figure for “Sport” oscillated during the given period, dipping slightly in 2016.