Race Shapes Teens' Social Media Experiences

Pew’s detailed appendix breaks out teens’ experiences on TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat by race, ethnicity and gender, showing systematic differences in what teens report seeing and feeling across platforms. Those granular tables let researchers and policymakers move beyond single averages to see which groups face more exposure to certain content or harms. — If platform effects differ by race/gender, regulation, school policies and mental-health interventions must be targeted rather than one-size-fits-all.