Irish children spending over five hours a day online

Current European guidelines recommend no more than two hours per day of recreational screen time.

That means children here are almost trebling their R-D-A.

So what are our children doing online?

Survey results show that YouTube was the most popular site visited by children with almost 1 quarter of children online visiting the site or using the App. The main social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Whatsapp and Snapchat account for almost 63% of children’s online usage during April 2017.

See a breakdown listed below in order of popularity:

• YouTube 23%
• Facebook 22%
• Instagram 14%
• Twitter 10%
• Whatsapp 9%
• Snapchat 8%
• Netflix 5%
• Amazon 4%
• Xbox Live 3%
• EA Games 2%