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Study Finds Most Teens Use YouTube, Instagram and TikTok Daily

About a fifth of US teens say they’re on TikTok almost constantly, according to a Pew Research survey.

Most young teens in the US visit social media platforms, including TikTok, YouTube and Instagram, at least once a day, according to a new report from Pew Research.

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Pew’s survey of 1,458 teens aged 13-17 found that, after a dip in social media use in 2022, use of TikTok, YouTube and Instagram is spiking, with YouTube in particular popular across all demographics, including gender, race, ethnicity and income levels. TikTok is also a constant presence for a fifth of teens: 21% of them said they visit TikTok almost constantly

The debate over the effects of social media use on teens has been heavily debated and has led Australia to ban the platforms for teens younger than 16. Some US states have also moved to limit or ban social media for minors or to introduce age-verification rules.

Pew has been tracking social media use among teens since around 2009, publishing regular reports since 2014. This year, Pew added statistics for the use of chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

The Pew report found that almost two-thirds of US teens, 64%, use chatbots. The results are higher for older teens aged 15-17 (68%) than for younger teens aged 13-14 (57%). Black and Hispanic teens, and teens from higher-income homes are more likely to use chatbots, the report found.

(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for March 18, #1011

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for March 18 #1011.

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Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is pretty tricky, but musicians might find the blue group easy. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

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Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Time between two things, maybe.

Green group hint: That smarts!

Blue group hint: Rockers know these well.

Purple group hint: You might write one out to pay a bill.