The line graph presents the typical number of hours Ukrainian younger people spent on four preferred leisure pursuits per week between 2000 and 2020.
Overall, it can be seen that all free time activities experienced fluctuation in the given time frame. On the other hand, social media showed a dramatic increase throughout the period while TV fell drastically between 2000 and 2020.
In detail, social media started at around 1 hours per week in 2000, before surging to approximately 6 hours per week in 2015. In its final year it reached its peak with having roughly 11 hours per week. In terms of sport, it started at 6 hours per week before gradually declining from 2010. In sports final year around 4 hours were spent per week by teenagers.
In contrast, it is worth noting that TV started at 8 hours per week, which was the most dominant feature in 2000. Still, this figure faced a dramatic decline in its final year. In terms of reading, it remained pretty stable throughout the given time period.
In conclusion, the most surprising feature is that social media surpassed the TV, showing overall trend of younger generation in Ukraine spent on four free activities