研究發現 用Facebook的美國青少年的人數正在減少

A new study has found that the number of American teenagers using Facebook is dropping. Many turn instead to YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat.

一項新的研究發現，使用Facebook的美國青少年的人數正在減少。許多人開始青睞YouTube、Instagram和Snapchat。

The study by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center found that 51 percent of American teens between the ages of 13 to 17 said they currently use Facebook.

由美國皮尤研究中心主導的這項研究表明發現，年齡在13歲至17歲的美國青少年中，51%的人稱他們目前使用Facebook。

This was a large drop from 2015, when 71 percent of teens in that age group reported using the social media service.

與2015年相比，這一數字大幅下降，當時該年齡段有71%的青少年使用Facebook作爲社交媒體服務軟件。

The study found that YouTube is now the most popular internet service for teens, with 85 percent saying they currently use it. The second-most popular is Instagram, at 72 percent. Facebook owns Instagram.

研究發現，YouTube是目前最受青少年歡迎的互聯網服務，85%的青少年稱他們目前使用它。第二受歡迎的是Instagram，佔72%，Instagram隸屬於Facebook。

Sixty-nine percent of teens said they use Snapchat, while 32 percent use Twitter. Less than 10 percent reported using Tumblr or Reddit.

69%的青少年使用Snapchat，32%的青少年使用Twitter。不到10%的人使用Tumblr或Reddit。

In March, another Pew study found that 68 percent of adults said they were Facebook users. Of those, 74 percent said they used the social media service daily. About half of the adults reported using Facebook several times a day.

今年3月，皮尤的另一項研究發現，68%的成年人表示自己是Facebook用戶，其中74%的人說他們每天都使用Facebook社交媒體服務，大約一半的成年人每天會使用Facebook好幾次。

Results of the latest study were based on interviews with 743 teens and more than 1,000 parents during March and April 2018.

這項最新研究的結果是基於2018年3月和4月對743名青少年和1000多名家長採訪後得出的。

The study also found that 95 percent of teens reported they either owned a smartphone or had a way of using one. This marked a 22 percent increase over a similar study from 2015.

研究還發現，95%的青少年稱他們要麼自己擁有智能手機，要麼有使用智能手機的渠道。與2015年的一項類似的研究相比，這一數字增加了22%。