Children and media in the U.S. - Statistics & Facts
Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 24, 2022
Today’s children don’t know a world without smartphones and the internet. They are
growing up in an age where entertainment and information is always at the tip of their
fingers. It is no surprise, then, that they spend a considerable amount of their time with
technology each day. Television still remains the media of choice among young children, with
kids younger than 8 spending 45 minutes watching television each day. Nearly 40 percent of
parents report that their child owns a smartphone, and significant percentages have access to
television in their rooms.
The viewing habits of teenagers are somewhat different than those of younger
children; an increasing number of teens are watching their television online, through the use
of a subscription video-on-demand service.
In addition to the various digital entertainment sources, reading remains popular as a
more traditional source of media and entertainment among children in the United States. As
of 2017, 31 percent of parents stated that their child reads or is read to several times per day.
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