Zoom threatens the leadership of Whatsapp and Instagram falls among the minors

MADRID.-THE instant messaging application Whatsapp is still the most popular social communication network among minors, but they stay longer on the «Zoom» platform, according to a study on the use of screens, which reveals also the collapse of Instagram among minors.

The Qustodio platform, specialized in digital security and wellbeing in the family environment, has released the data from the report it produces each year on the digital habits of minors, which this time has entitled «Applications and minors: a year trapped behind Screening »due to increased time spent on screens due to the pandemic and lockdowns.

The report has been prepared, this platform has reported, with the anonymous information provided by 100,000 families with children between 4 and 15 years old in Spain, the United States and the United Kingdom in five specific areas: online video, social networks, video games, applications of education and communication applications.

"Online" video applications have increased by 25 percent during the pandemic, representing an average of 45 minutes a day, and "Youtube" continues to lead this field, although its advantage has been reduced with increased competition, among the one that has highlighted the rise of the «Twitch» network, which has experienced a growth of 150 percent. The average time in social media applications has been 76 percent higher than in 2019, and it is the category that has experienced the greatest growth, according to data from this company, which has observed that since the first months of last year the «Tiktok» platform rose several points to become the favorite social network for minors.

Instagram, which had been the most popular social network in 2019, experienced a 43 percent drop last year, ranking behind Facebook, although the usage time spent by minors in the application stands at 44 minutes a day, compared to the 17 who remain on Facebook.