The chart gives information about the proportion of people of various ages who use three types of social apps.
Overall, all three types of social media are used by more people aged 18–34 and 35–49 as opposed to other age groups. Additionally, social media platforms are less commonly used by individuals who are over 65 years old.
Looking into more details, 14% of Facebook users are youngsters between the ages of 10 and 17, which is less marginally than that of YouTube (15%), and in terms of Twitter, it comprises approximately one in ten (9%). Fewer people aged between 50 and 64 prefer to use Twitter (18%) compared to YouTube (20%) and Facebook (19%), while Facebook is opted for by twice as many individuals over the age of 65 as opposed to Twitter, with the former being 8% and the latter being 4%. Additionally, the platform of YouTube is used by 10% of people in this age group.
Turning to the most active age groups regarding their use of social media platforms, the proportion of 18-34 and 35-49-year-old adult Facebook users makes up 29 and 30, respectively. The former age group has the highest percentage of Twitter users, with two fifths (40%), while 26% of this group choose to use YouTube. Moreover, the percentage of people in the latter age group takes up roughly a third (29%) of both using YouTube and Twitter.