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

Ryan Wood

Ryan is the Partnerships and Adoption Manager for Next Gen Personal Finance’s midwest region. He brings his experience as a former teacher, curriculum designer, and sales and marketing professional to state organizations and school districts in supporting the implementation of their personal financial education efforts. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and earned his teaching credential from Saint Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota. He proudly taught at two rural high schools in Wisconsin before transitioning to curriculum design at NGPF, and is now excited to be on the front lines in delivering the best possible financial education in the midwest. He and his wife have three beautiful daughters, each of which inspire him to share the impact of being sound financial stewards both at home and as lifelong learners.