Irish Teens, Facebook and Mobile

October 31st 2012

As a bit of a follow-on from the Teen Surveys I’ve done before. Here are some stats taken from the Facebook Ad tool on stats around teenagers (those 19 and under) and how they are accessing Facebook.

Teens and Mobile and Facebook

Survey using Facebook Advertising system shows about 3/4 of teenagers on Facebook are using Mobile devices to access Facebook. Survey also shows that Apple is the preferred device for accessing Facebook using mobile for Irish teens, with 37% teenagers on Facebook using Apple devices to log on every month. 12.8% of Facebook teens use an iPhone 4 or 5, 15% are using an iPod Touch, 7.2% are using an iPad. Meanwhile Google’s mobile system, Android has a share of 26%, Blackberry is at 3.5% and Windows Mobile is at 0.55%

There are 411k teens in Ireland who are on Facebook.

of them:

  • 73.4% of Irish teens access Facebook via mobile devices monthly
  • 37% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using an Apple device (are on iOS)
  • 26.4% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using Android devices (Google mobile)
  • 12.8% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using an iPhone 4, iPhone 4S or iPhone 5
  • 15% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook are using an iPod Touch
  • 7.24% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using an iPad
  • 3.48% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using a Blackberry
  • 0.55% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using Windows Mobile

A breakdown with the numbers from the Facebook Ad system:

There are 411k teens in Ireland who are on Facebook
411,120 people who live in Ireland, exactly 19 years old and younger

73.4% of Irish teens access Facebook via mobile devices monthly
302,620 people, who live in Ireland, exactly 19 years old and younger who are in the category Mobile Users (All)

37% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using an Apple device (are on iOS)
49.66% of teenagers who are on mobile are accessing Facebook using an Apple device (are on iOS)
152,240 people, who live in Ireland, exactly 19 years old and younger who are in the category iOS/Apple (All)

26.4% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using Android devices (Google mobile)
35.7% of teenagers who are on mobile are accessing Facebook using Android devices (Google mobile)
108,900 people, who live in Ireland,exactly 19 years old and younger, who are in the category Android (All)

12.8% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using an iPhone 4, iPhone 4S or iPhone 5
17.2% of teenagers who access Facebook using a mobile device are using an iPhone 4, iPhone 4S or iPhone 5
52,540 people, who live in Ireland, exactly 19 years old and younger, who are in one of the categories: iPhone 4, iPhone 4S or iPhone 5

15% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook are using an iPod Touch
20% of teenagers who access Facebook using a mobile device are using an iPod Touch
62,160 people, who live in Ireland, exactly 19 years old and younger, who are in the category iPod Touch

7.24% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using an iPad
9.8% of teenagers who access Facebook using a mobile device are using an iPad
29,800 people, who live in Ireland, exactly 19 years old and younger, who are in one of the categories: iPad 1, iPad 2 or iPad 3

3.48% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using a Blackberry
4.6% of teenagers who access Facebook using a mobile device are using a Blackberry
14,320 people, who live in Ireland exactly 19 years old and younger, who are in the category RIM/Blackberry

0.55% of teenagers on Facebook are accessing Facebook using Windows Mobile
.7% of teenagers who access Facebook using a mobile device are using a Windows Mobile
2,280 people who live in Ireland, exactly 19 years old and younger who are in the category Windows