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GENERATION Z

Figure 3: The percentage of participants who use the main year students surveyed answered that they spend more than
social media applications 20 hours a week on the Internet. 85% of them answered that
they spend “quite a lot” or “a lot” of time communicating with
friends and on social media (vs 78% of the total sample).
94% Also, 82% of them said they spend “a lot” or "quite a lot" of
92% 92% time listening to music and watching videos (vs 75% of the
total sample).
89% Significant differences are seen in the categories of watching
87% movies or series, browsing, and playing games, where 52%,
51% and 34% of respondents said they spend “quite a lot” or
“a lot” of time, respectively, on each activity (in comparison
to the respective 41%, 41% and 21% of the total sample).
78% Regarding the applications used regularly by the first-year
students surveyed, the five most important are Instagram
(92%), YouTube (87%), Facebook (60%), TikTok (43%) and
Snapchat (20%).
It is worth noting that Facebook has become less popular
over the years. In the respective survey by Naftika Chronika
in 2020, 82% of first-year students answered that they used
Facebook regularly. In the same survey in 2021, the percent-
age was 67%.
62% On the contrary, Instagram is becoming increasingly popular.
60% In the same 2020 and 2021 surveys, 89% and 86%, respec-
tively, had responded that they used Instagram regularly,
compared to 92% in this year’s survey.
Male first-year students use Facebook more than their female
counterparts. Facebook is used regularly by 62% of male
first-year students and 49% of female first-year students. In
49% 50% contrast, female first-year students use TikTok more regularly:
One in two (50%) are regular TikTok users compared to 42%
of their male counterparts.
43% Almost three out of ten (29%) male and female first-year
42% students regularly use Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. Of
those who regularly use TikTok, two out of three (67%) also
regularly use Facebook and Instagram.

Total

31% Male

Female

20% 20% 20%

11%

5% 7% 7% 6% 6% 6%
3% 2% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% 4%
1% 1%
Instagram Youtube Facebook Tik Tok Snapchat Pinterest Reddit Twitter Tinder Linkedin Other

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