Lower-income teens are more likely than teens from higher-income households to use Facebook % of U.S. teens, by annual household income, who say they use Facebook
For the most part, teens tend to use similar platforms regardless of their demographic characteristics, but there are exceptions. Notably, lower-income teens are more likely to gravitate toward Facebook than those from higher-income households – a trend consistent with previous Center surveys. Seven-in-ten teens living in households earning less than $30,000 a year say they use Facebook, compared with 36% whose annual family income is $75,000 or more. (For details on social media platform use by different demographic groups, see Appendix A.)
Again, lower-income teens are far more likely than those from higher income households to say Facebook is the online platform they use most often (22% vs. 4%). There are also some differences related to gender and to race and ethnicity when it comes to teens’ most-used sites. Girls are more likely than boys to say Snapchat is the site they use most often (42% vs. 29%), while boys are more inclined than girls to identify YouTube as their go-to platform (39% vs. 25%). Additionally, white teens (41%) are more likely than Hispanic (29%) or black (23%) teens to say Snapchat is the online platform they use most often, while black teens are more likely than whites to identify Facebook as their most used site (26% vs. 7%).
Lower-income teens are more likely  | than teens from higher-income  | households to use Facebook  | % of U.S. teens, by annual household income, who say  | they use Facebook  | Less than $30K  | 70  | $30K --$74 .999  | 56  | $75K or more  | 36  | Source: Socia Survey Media cond lucted March 7-April <2018" 10. 2018  | "Teens Socia Media & Technology <2018"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 