86% of U.S. Adults Aged 18-29 Are Social Media Users

Today, around seven-in-10 Americans use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, share information and entertain themselves. (Pew Research Center)

Pew found that 86 percent of those aged 18 through 29 are social media users, while that number slips to 80 percent for 30 through 49, 64 percent for 50 through 64 and 34 percent for those 65 and older. Approximately three-quarters of Facebook users and one-half of Instagram users visit those networks at least once per day, according to Pew. (SocialTimes)