The total time a teenager tallies on TikTok? A taxing topic.

Answer: 95 minutes per day! (around 47.5 hours a month)

Questions:

• How much time do you spend on TikTok? What do you like about it?
• Has TikTok ever impacted your financial knowledge or have your purchasing decisions been influenced? How?
• Do you believe TikTok (and/or other social media apps) have an overall positive or negative impact on young people’s lives? Explain why.

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Behind the numbers (Omnicore Agency): 

• TikTok users spend an average of 95 minutes per day on the app.
• An average user opens TikTok 19 times per day.
• TikTok is available in 154 countries.
• TikTok was the most downloaded app in 2022 with 672 million downloads.
• TikTok is used by 18% of global internet users aged 16 to 64.

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About the Author

Dave Martin

Dave joins NGPF with 15 years of teaching experience in math and computer science. After joining the New York City Teaching Fellows program and earning a Master's degree in Education from Pace University, his teaching career has taken him to New York, New Jersey and a summer in the north of Ghana. Dave firmly believes that financial literacy is vital to creating well-rounded students that are prepared for a complex and highly competitive world. During what free time two young daughters will allow, Dave enjoys video games, Dungeons & Dragons, cooking, gardening, and taking naps.