This page will show how social media is both a positive and negative influence on young people in today's society.Feel free to discuss your thoughts or...Read More.his page will show how social media is both a positive and negative influence on young people in today's society.
Among adult Facebook users, the average (mean) number of friends is 338, and the median (midpoint) number of friends is 200. In other words, half of all Facebook users have more than 200 friends, and half have less than 200. Younger users tend to have significantly larger friend networks than older users: 27% of 18-29 year old Facebook users have more than 500 friends in their network, while 72% of users age 65+ have 100 friends or fewer.
1 They have the highest average number of Facebook friends, with an average of 250 friends vs. Generations X's 200. 2  55 percent have posted a selfie or more to social media sites versus 20 percent of Generation X. 3  8 percent of Millennials claim to have sexted, whereas 30 percent claim to have received sexts.