# Teenagers say social media makes them less lonely and more confident, poll finds
In any case, another survey finds that these same teenagers likewise say that web based life positively affects their lives, helping them feel more sure, less forlorn and less discouraged.
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The survey was discharged Monday by common sense media, a san Francisco-construct philanthropic gathering centered in light of children's utilization of media and innovation. It found that 89 percent of adolescents have their own cell phone. That is up from 41 percent in 2012, the last time the study was directed.
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Be that as it may, while 2012's adolescents were all finished Facebook, the age gathering's essence on the interpersonal organization has done in the previous six years. Just 15 percent of adolescents presently say Facebook is their fundamental interpersonal organization. In 2012, 68 percent did.
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Today, 44 percent of youngsters say their essential informal community is Snapchat, making it the most prominent web based life application, trailed by Instagram (which is possessed by Facebook) at 22 percent.
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