Almost Every Teenager In The Us Owns An Iphone, Study Finds

If you've been wondering what smartphone campy nan US teen organization is in, wonderment nary more.

A caller study done by nan American finance slope Piper Sandler shows that almost each teen successful nan US owns an iPhone, and each 4th will beryllium upgrading to nan

iPhone 17 this fall.

The study was done among 6,455 teens surviving successful nan US pinch an mean property of 16.2 years and an mean income of $65,995 for nan family nan kids are surviving in. Nine of each 10 participants of nan study ain an iPhone, and location are immoderate absorbing insights astir nan astir celebrated societal platforms nan teens usage arsenic well.

The apical spot is still occupied by Instagram—about 8 of each 10 kids usage nan level monthly. TikTok came a adjacent second, followed by Snapchat. Only 31% of US teens watch Netflix, and YouTube depletion is moreover little astatine 26%.

Here are immoderate cardinal statistic from nan study:

• 88% of US teens ain an Apple iPhone
• 25% are expected to upgrade to nan upcoming iPhone 17
• 87% of teens usage Instagram monthly
• 79% of teens usage TikTok
• 72% of nan surveyed group usage Snapchat

These results look moreover much absorbing erstwhile we look astatine different

research done by Counterpoint, reporting that nan mean trading value of Apple iPhone devices has surpassed $900.

It turns retired that astir teenagers successful nan US not only ain an iPhone, but astir apt they person a premium exemplary and not nan $599

iPhone 16e.

This could change, arsenic nan smartphone marketplace is successful a authorities of uncertainty owed to Trump's tariff situation. The president put a 90-day region connected tariffs for respective countries. However, Trump not only excluded China from nan region but besides hiked nan percent to 125% "effective immediately."

Here's a portion of nan connection from nan White House:

"Based connected nan truth that much than 75 Countries person called Representatives of nan United States, including nan Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and nan [US Trade Representative], to discuss a solution to nan subjects being discussed comparative to Trade, Trade Barriers, Tariffs, Currency Manipulation, and Non Monetary Tariffs, and that these Countries person not, astatine my beardown suggestion, retaliated successful immoderate way, shape, aliases shape against nan United States, I person authorized a 90 time PAUSE, and a substantially lowered Reciprocal Tariff during this period, of 10%, besides effective immediately." - Donald Trump, president of nan United States

It's still not clear really these tariffs will impact iPhone prices and whether aliases not teenagers will person to scope for much fund options successful nan future, specified arsenic nan aforementioned iPhone 16e. Meanwhile,

people are rushing to iPhone stores to bargain devices successful lawsuit of a imaginable value increase. Apple overstocked

iPhone 16 models to conflict immoderate proviso concatenation issues, and nan institution says nan reserve should past astatine slightest a mates of months.

Since 2001, Piper Sandler's study has been conducted each 2 years. It has gathered much than 64 cardinal information points connected teen spending complete nan years aft questioning complete 274,273 teenagers.