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SurveySnapchat continues to try and find its full power in a crowded field of social networks.  While the company continues to see an exodus of management there still might be hope for a strong user base.

A new survey shows that Snapchat is still the favorite social platform among Gen Z — not the top app, but still has some popularity.   According to a survey conducted by Piper Jaffray shows:

  • The survey reports that while Snapchat was the favorite social platform, Instagram beat out Snapchat in monthly users among Gen Zers
  • Snapchat’s daily active continues to fall, and has been long-surpassed by Instagram.
  • Even as Snapchat’s user base continues to shrink, it’s still cited among teens as their favorite platform, according to a new survey of Gen Zers.
  • 8,000 teens surveyed by investment firm Piper Jaffray, 41% named Snapchat as their favorite social platform
  • Snapchat’s number of daily active users has shrunk down to 186 million, Instagram’s user base is continuing to grow, and has surpassed 500 million
  • Facebook popularity among teens is also continues to dwindle, only 36% of teens reporting that they use Facebook at least once per month, compared with 52% who said they use it monthly back in fall 2016.
  • Twitter and Pinterest were also in the ranks, but way behind Instagram and Snapchat
  • 44% of teens said they use Twitter at least once per month, while only a quarter of those surveyed say they use Pinterest

Marketers will be interested to learn that 80% of female teens are using online influencers as a starting point to discover new beauty trends, so it’s easy to see how Instagram has become such a major part of teens’ time spent online.


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Dave Forde

Dave “The Connector” Forde is a 20-year veteran of the Canadian marketing, PR, and tech industries. He is the founder of The Connected One network, including industry news sites Canadian Ad Insider and PR In Canada, and serves as a strategic business advisor. Connect with him on LinkedIn and X.


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