

While children increasingly spent more time on social media and video streaming apps, time on communications apps fell, with time on Zoom dipping by 21%, and Skype by 37%.Despite YouTube's popularity, children spent 60% more time on TikTok over 2022, with time spent on YouTube averaging 67 mins/day versus TikTok's 107.YouTube is children's most popular app overall, with 63% of children using it globally.From all app categories, children spent the most time on social media daily, averaging 56 mins/day, followed by online video apps (45 mins/day), and gaming (38 mins/day).Children's TikTok usage climbed to an all-time high across the year, averaging 107 minutes per day - an increase of 18% from 2021.70% of parents assert that screens and technology are now a distraction from family time, and device use causes weekly or daily arguments in over 49% of households.Some of the key findings uncovered by Qustodio's 2022 report include: Qustodio's 2022 research includes surveys and interviews with families, investigating how technology is managed and viewed in the home and at school, and the different ways that parents across the generations, from Generation Z to Baby Boomers, manage to strike a balance. The study involved over 400,000 families and schools worldwide.

The report also provides deeper insights in major world markets: the US, UK, and Spain, in addition to Australia, included for the first time since annual research began in 2019.

The report, titled "From Alpha to Z: Raising the digital generations", studies global popularity and usage of a wide range of applications and platforms, revealing children's favorites across 2022.
