Indian Children Aged 9-13 Years Are Spending 90+ Hours On Social Media, Internet Every Month!


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Mohul

Dec 09, 2022


According to a survey, 42 per cent of urban parents think that the children aged 9-13 years are spending more than three hours a day on social media watching videos or playing games on the internet.

This is the courtesy of the access to devices with school activities going online, as 46 per cent of the children are using smartphones for it.

Indian Children Aged 9-13 Years Are Spending 90+ Hours On Social Media, Internet Every Month!

This survey to unveil the child and social media engagement was conducted by Local Circles, a community social media platform.

Survey to Gauge Public Opinion

The primary motive behind the survey was to gauge public opinion during the pandemic.

The survey included around 13,000 parents from across Maharashtra, seeking their observations on internet, social media and gaming habits of children, post pandemic.

Sachin Taparia, founder of Local Circles said that “During the first two years of the pandemic, many children were mostly confined to their homes. Besides being engaged with online classes as in-person schools were shut, one of their favourite past-time was using gadgets such as smartphones, tablets or laptops to watch videos, play online games and chat with peers. Studies have revealed obsession with screen-time increased during the pandemic”.

The addiction to the social media, videos and gaming on the internet, as per parents, can be attributed to the excessive use of gadgets and giving access to children early along with school activities becoming online during the pandemic.

Notably, as many as 39% parents feel their children aged 9-13 years are addicted to videos, chat and gaming on the internet whereas 35% feel this is partially true. 

Online School Activities Have Allowed Access to Internet

According to them, this is because many school-related activities are now online, which has allowed easy access to internet.

Taparia, adding that a national-level survey with over 65,000 responding parents paint a similar picture, said that “More troubling for urban Indian parents has been allowing their children as young as nine-year-olds to use social media, including Facebook and Instagram, which they didn’t allow previously due to fears about the safety of their children and also likelihood of them being exposed to undesirable content”.

According to Taparia, 47 per cent of urban Indian parents surveyed said their children aged 9-13 years are addicted to social media, videos and gaming on the internet.


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