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Teenagers aged 13 to 17 are losing interest in Facebook, with only 51% using the social media platform — a drop of 20 percentage points since 2015, according to a new study released Thursday by Pew Research Center.

The winner: YouTube is now said to be teens' most popular platform, with 85% saying they use it.

Other findings, per Pew's study conducted March 7–April 10, 2018:

72% of teens said they are active users of Instagram.

The popularity for Twitter is 32% among teens, while Reddit ranks among the lowest in teen usage at 7%. 

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Teenagers aged 13 to 17 are losing interest in Facebook, with only 51% using the social media platform — a drop of 20 percentage points since 2015, according to a <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="new study" data-vars-click-url="http://link.axios.com/click/13427522.15704/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wZXdpbnRlcm5ldC5vcmcvMjAxOC8wNS8zMS90ZWVucy1zb2NpYWwtbWVkaWEtdGVjaG5vbG9neS0yMDE4Lz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2xvZ2luJnN0cmVhbT10b3A/58bd655299964a886b8b4b2cBd45da676" data-vars-content-id="6b512cbb-0000-400d-87fd-aad8b8bd3b5f" data-vars-headline="Teens are losing interest in Facebook" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://link.axios.com/click/13427522.15704/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wZXdpbnRlcm5ldC5vcmcvMjAxOC8wNS8zMS90ZWVucy1zb2NpYWwtbWVkaWEtdGVjaG5vbG9neS0yMDE4Lz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2xvZ2luJnN0cmVhbT10b3A/58bd655299964a886b8b4b2cBd45da676" target="_self">new study</a> released Thursday by Pew Research Center.The winner: YouTube is now said to be teens&#x27; most popular platform, with 85% saying they use it.

From the Valley to D.C., Big Tech players like Facebook, Google and Amazon are under more scrutiny than ever as new technology develops and privacy and antitrust concerns grow in lockstep with companies’ ambitions.

Teens are losing interest in Facebook

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