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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  1. "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)
  2. "YouTube in September announced a $100 million fund to invest in new childrens video content, following its $170 million settlement with the FTC over childrens privacy law violations". (February 5, 2020)
  3. "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)
  4. "YouTube is asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for further clarification and better guidance to help video creators understand how to comply with the FTCs guidelines set forth as part of YouTubes settlement with the regulator over its violations of childrens privacy laws". (December 10, 2019)
  5. "People love to share YouTube videos among their friends, which is why in mid-2017 YouTube launched a new in-app messaging feature that would allow YouTube users to private send their friends videos and chat within a dedicated tab in the YouTube mobile app". (August 21, 2019)
  6. "The multi-hyphenate actor-director-entrepreneur, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (best known for roles in “3rd Rock from the Sun,” “Inception,” “Snowden” and “10 Things I Hate About You,”) came to TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2019 this morning to talk about his startup, the collaborative media platform HitRecord". (October 3, 2019)
  7. "Ahead of the official announcement of an FTC settlement which could force YouTube to direct under-13-year-old users to a separate experience for YouTube’s kid-friendly content, the company has quietly announced plans to launch its YouTube Kids service on the web". (August 28, 2019)
  8. "Google announced today the launch of Shopping ads on YouTube, which lets brands advertise their products and services right in the YouTube home feed and search results". (November 5, 2019)
  9. "Facebook today is rolling out a new feature that will allow friends and family to watch videos together over Messenger". (September 14, 2020)
  10. "Last September, YouTube began testing a new feature called profile cards, which showed a users public information and comment history on the current channel". (January 15, 2020)
  11. "Facebooks internal R&D group, NPE Team, is today launching its next experimental app, called BARS". (February 26, 2021)
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