Kids now spend nearly as much time watching TikTok as YouTube in U.S., U.Ok. and Spain

A brand new find out about on children’ app utilization and conduct signifies a significant danger to YouTube’s dominance, as children now cut up their time between Google’s on-line video platform and different apps, like TikTok, Netflix, and cellular video games like Roblox. Kids ages 4 to fifteen now spend a median of 85 mins p…
A new study on kids’ app usage and habits indicates a major threat to YouTube’s dominance, as kids now split their time between Google’s online video platform and other apps, like TikTok, Netflix, and mobile games like Roblox. Kids ages 4 to 15 now spend an average of 85 minutes p…Original article
Author: Sarah Perez

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  5. "YouTube today warned its creator community that video removals may increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company said its systems today rely on a combination of technology followed by human review". (March 16, 2020)
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  7. "YouTube is warning creators they may see their subscriber numbers decline this week as the result of a purge that will remove closed accounts from YouTube metrics". (December 5, 2019)
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