Internet usage by children and young people in France - Statistics & Facts

Access to several home computers by age in France 2019

Share of people with more than one home computer in France in 2019, by age

Internet penetration in French households 2016 to 2019, by age group

Home Internet access penetration in France in 2016 to 2019, by age group

Internet usage penetration in France 2022, by age

Share of internet users among the population in France in 2022, by age group

Use of smartphones by children aged 8 to 14 in France 2018

Share of children aged 8 to 14 who use a mobile phone in France in 2018, by age

Mobile internet usage via smartphone in France 2019, by age

Share of individuals who accessed the internet via a mobile telephone in France in 2019, by age group

Mean age of realizing Internet activities according to French children 2020, by age

In your opinion, from what age should a minor child be able to perform each of these operations alone?

Types of Internet activities that French children carry out autonomously 2020, by age

Types of activities that French children engage in autonomously on the Internet in 2020, according to their age

French parents' opinion on what children do autonomously online in 2020, by age

Types of activities that French children carry out online according to their parents in 2020, by age group

France: online shopping penetration 2010-2022, by age group

Share of people having made purchases on the internet in the last 12 months in France from 2010 to 2022, by age group

French children frequency of online shopping by themselves in France 2020, by age

Have you ever shopped online on your own?

French children watching online videos for the first time with help or alone 2020

Share of French children having watched online videos for the first time alone or with assistance on online video platforms such as YouTube in 2020

French children playing online video games for the first time with help or alone 2020

Share of French children having played online video games for the first time alone or with assistance in 2020

Children's access frequency to videos on online platforms in France 2020, by age

Are you watching online videos on platforms like YouTube on your own?

Time spent by young adults on the Internet for leisure in France 2018, by device used

Distribution of the time spent on the Internet for leisure among French young adults in 2018, by type of device used (in hours per week)

France: usage of mobile apps to make calls 2022, by age

Usage of mobile apps to place voice calls in France in 2022, by age group

French believing that the Internet is too present in their life 2019, by child age

Percentage of French considering that Internet takes up too much space in their everyday life in 2019, by age of children*

Social network usage penetration in France 2022, by age group

Share of social media users in France in 2022, by age group

Share of children registered on social networks in France 2018, by age

Share of children aged 8 to 14 years old with at least one account on social networks in France in 2018, by age

Help French children get when creating a social media account for the first time 2020

Children getting assistance from others or creating social media profiles alone for the first time in 2020, according to parents

Share of children aged 8 and 14 years registered on Instagram in France 2018

Percentage of children aged 8 and 14 years having an Instagram account in France in 2018

Share of children aged 8 and 14 years registered on Pinterest in France 2018

Percentage of children aged 8 and 14 years having a Pinterest account in France in 2018

Share of children aged 8 and 14 registered on Snapchat in France 2018

Percentage of children aged 8 and 14 years old having a Snapchat account in France in 2018

Share of children aged 8 and 14 registered on Facebook in France 2018

Percentage of children aged 8 and 14 having a Facebook account in France in 2018

Number of followers French children aged 11-12 have on their main social media 2020

How many friends or followers do you have on your main social media application?

Behavior of young Internet boys on social networks in France 2018

Attitude of young boys with one or more accounts on social networks in France in 2018, by age group

Behavior of girls Internet users on social networks in France 2018

Attitude of girls with one or more accounts on social networks in France in 2018, by age group

Types of social network activities amongst children in France in 2020-2022

Preferred social media activities of French children aged 11 to 18 in 2020 and 2022

Types of social networks most used by young people in France 2021

Breakdown of social networks used by French teenagers aged 11-18 in 2021, by age group

Share of young people using social media in France 2020, by age

Percentage of the young French generation using social media platforms in 2020, by age

Reasons young people have for using social media channels in France 2021

Purpose of using social media according to the young French generation in 2021

Young people using social media to get informed about sex in France 2019, by gender

Percentage of young French men and women educating themselves about sex through social media in 2019

Share of young people expressing feelings towards social media usage in France 2020

Young people verbalizing their feelings about the use of social media networks in France in 2020

Reasons young people have for suppressing their social media profiles in France 2020

Reasons for the young French generation to get rid of their social media accounts in 2020

Share of young people deleting their social media account in France 2020, by age

Percentage of the young French generation deleting their social media accounts in 2020, by age

Frequency of young people spending time on social media in France 2021

Average time spent on social networks amongst young people in France in 2021, per hours

Social media platforms where young adults have experienced cyberviolence France 2019

Ranking of the social media platforms on which French young adults have experienced cyberviolence situations in 2019

Share of young French adults having experienced cyberviolence by gender 2019

Percentage of young French adults having already experienced at least once a situation of cyberviolence on social media in 2019, distributed by gender

Young people's opinion on online privacy protection in France 2019

French people aged 11-20 on the importance of the protection of their private lives online in France in 2019

Opinion on the severity of cyberthreats, according to teenagers in France 2019

Young people's opinion on the seriousness of certain threats on the Internet in France in 2019

Confrontation with shocking content online, according to French teenagers 2019

Young people's frequency of coming across shocking content on the Internet in France in 2019

Opinion on offensive content regulations, according to young French people 2019

Young people's opinions on whether offensive content should be stronger regulated on the Internet in France in 2019

Young actors of cyber violence and the types of crime committed in France 2019

Share of young people who have already committed cyber violence online in France in 2019

French children awareness about the privacy of their social media account(s) 2020

Share of French children being aware of their social media account(s) being public or private in 2020

Types of negative encounters French children aged 11 to 18 fear to make in 2020-2021

Types of problems children are scared to encounter on social media in France in 2020 and 2021

Share of French children talking to strangers while playing online video games 2020

When you log into online games, do you find yourself chatting with other players that you don’t know in real life?

Opinion on the impact of their online activity, according to teenagers in France 2019

Young people's opinion on the possible impact or consequences of their online activity in France in 2019

Mean age of realizing Internet activities according to French parents 2020, by age

Parent's opinion on the average age that minor children should be able to carry out various Internet activities alone in France in 2020, by age group

Share of French parents knowing about their children's privacy on social media 2020

Share of parents knowing if their children's personal social media account(s) is/are public or private in France in 2020

Opinion on parental access restrictions by default for porn sites France 2019

Parent opinion on the parental control restrictions by default for adult websites set by the French President in 2019

Opinion on the age limitation to websites with pornographic content France 2019

Below what age should the access to porn be prohibited?

Perpetrators of cyber violence, according to French teenagers' parents 2019

Actors of cyber violence identified by parents of young people in France in 2019

Share of parents monitoring their children's online activities in France 2020, by age

Have you already implemented solutions to track your child's activity on the Internet?

Parental controls set up for online activities of French children 2020, by age

Which of the following practical solutions for tracking your child's Internet activity have you put in place?

French people's opinion on connected devices to geotag children in France 2020

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements regarding the geolocation of children?