As children are unable to go out due to the corona 19, the time spent on the Internet is also increasing. According to a survey by Qustodio, a well-known parental control app, YouTube’s popularity is still high with children, but TikTok is showing a high rate of popularity and is spending almost the same amount of time watching YouTube. .
The subjects of the survey were 60,000 households with children aged 4 to 15 years in three countries: the United States, the United Kingdom and Spain. YouTube is the most popular video app. About 10% of respondents said they were using YouTube Kids, which is provided for their children, but basically, the answer that they use YouTube is overwhelming. In the second place, it was found that all countries were Netflix.
The average viewing time per day on YouTube is 97 minutes in the US, 83 minutes in the UK, and 74 minutes in Spain in early April 2020, when the corona 19 effect was noticeable, showing the highest number in the past in any country.
TikTok is the most promising candidate to challenge YouTube Shing. In this survey, it is classified as a social media app, not a video application. In a May 2019 survey, American children spent 38 minutes using TikTok in one day. However, in the survey in February, it increased to 82 minutes. In addition, in the April 2020 survey, it was 95 minutes, almost shoulder to shoulder with YouTube. This trend was also seen in England and Spain.
Meanwhile, as for game apps, Roblox, Minecraft, and Paper.io were popular, and the gameplay time was previously estimated to be around an hour, but recently it can be seen that it is increasing due to the influence of Corona 19. . In this situation, parents are conditioned to remove barriers with their children, such as watching videos or playing games together, if possible. Related information can be found here .