Public Report

The research

In January 2023, we interviewed 480 teens from all over the Netherlands online. Two weeks later, they completed an online questionnaire about their social media use. By 'social media' we mean online platforms on which you can exchange information, such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Discord. But not, for example, Netflix and Spotify. The teens were 14-17 years old at the start of the study, a developmental stage of life in which teens are going through crucial physical, emotional, and social developments that can have a major impact on their well-being.

Sample

Age: 480 teens from 14 to 17 years old: 50% 14/15-year olds and 50% 16/17-year olds.

Gender: 213 boys (44.4%), 263 girls (54.8%), 3 non-binary (0.6%).

Identity: 450 teens identify mainly as Dutch, 30 as different (e.g., Moroccan, Turkish, Antillean, Surinamese).