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Media Statistics
100

The average American child may view as many as _______ television commercials every year. 5,000 10,000 20,000 40,000

What is 40,000?

100

Percentage of teens who have a TV in their room: 25% 50% 80%

What is 80%

100

Percent of girls in 1st through 3rd grade who want to be thinner 10 20 30 40

What is 42%?

100

Ratio of male to female speaking characters

1:1

2:1

3:1

1:2

2:1

100

_____ % of parents report their kids start using Facebook between 8-13 years old

30%

50%

70%

80%

80%

200
Number of sexual references a teen will view in the media each year. 140 1,400 14,000
What is 14,000
200
On average, youth spend over _____ hours a day with media. 2 4 6 8
What is 6 hours a day?
200

Percentage of American women unhappy with their bodies. 25% 50% 75% 90%

What is 90%?

200

% of female characters who show nudity

15%

25%

35%

45%

35%

200

The average Facebook user has 155 friends only the platform, but would only trust _____ of them in a crisis.

2

4

10

15

4

300
Amount spent annually in the US to target juvenile consumers. $0 $2 million $200 million $2 billion
What is 2 billion?
300

Average number of hours a child over 8 watches TV each day. 1 3 5

What is 3?

300

Percent of teen boys using unproven supplements and/or steroids. 5% 12% 24% 36%

What is 12%?

300

% of male characters who show nudity

7%

17%

27%

37%

7%

300

What's the most popular emoji on Twitter?

Tears of Joy

400

____% of Google’s revenue comes from online advertising. 50% 75% 95%

What is 95%?

400
Average age kids get their first smartphone. 7 9 11 13
What is 11?
400

Total annual revenue of the weight loss industry. 5,500,000 55 million 55 billion

What is 55 billion?

400

Non-white Americans (black, Asian, Middle Eastern, Hispanic) make up 38% of the US population. What's their % of SPEAKING roles in movies?

8%

18%

28%

38%

28%

400

Which pop star has the most followers on Twitter?

Katy Perry has over 100 million followers – about 19 million more than the entire population of Germany.

500
Amount spent annually to target juvenile consumers in Sweden. $0 $2 million $200 million $2 billion
What is $0?
500

Number of people who are addicted to Facebook

35 thousand

350 thousand

350 million


What is 350 million?

500

More than _____% of women said they would consider cosmetic surgery in the future. 20% 40% 60%

What is 40%? 


(men = 20%)

500

% of speaking characters across 414 Hollywood movies in 2017 who were LGBT (the % in the US is 4.5%)

2%

4%

6%

8%

2%

500

 Every second, more than ____ hours of video is added to YouTube.

100

300

500

700

500

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