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Social media use by age

18-29 30-49 50-64 65+
3/21/2005 7% 6% 4% 3%
12/8/2005 16% 9% 5% 2%
8/31/2006 41% 6% 3% 0%
5/11/2008 60% 21% 7% 2%
8/10/2008 65% 27% 10% 3%
8/31/2008 68% 27% 9% 2%
12/4/2008 67% 30% 12% 2%
12/20/2008 59% 28% 8% 3%
4/19/2009 70% 42% 20% 5%
9/14/2009 67% 44% 21% 6%
12/27/2009 78% 47% 25% 8%
1/19/2010 76% 51% 26% 7%
5/30/2010 82% 53% 37% 11%
9/13/2010 80% 52% 31% 9%
11/24/2010 74% 54% 33% 11%
11/28/2010 78% 54% 33% 14%
12/21/2010 76% 55% 36% 12%
5/22/2011 79% 61% 38% 14%
8/26/2011 82% 59% 36% 12%
2/19/2012 81% 64% 39% 16%
8/7/2012 88% 68% 48% 22%
5/19/2013 87% 72% 50% 24%
7/14/2013 87% 72% 49% 21%
9/30/2013 89% 74% 54% 27%
1/26/2014 84% 77% 52% 27%
7/12/2015 90% 77% 51% 35%
11/6/2016 86% 80% 64% 34%
1/10/2018 88% 78% 64% 37%
2/7/2019 90% 82% 69% 40%
2/8/2021 84% 81% 73% 45%
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