New York: Facebook is less popular among teenagers than last year, says a survey, adding that 88 percent of teenagers now use the social network against 94 per cent last year.
The website is also losing popularity among all other age groups, CNET reported.
The survey, conducted by market research firm Frank N. Magid Associates, revealed that the percentage of youth aged 13 to 17 who use Facebook in the US has fallen to 88 per cent this year, from 94 percent in 2013 and 95 per cent in 2012.
Among all the other age groups examined in the study, in total, 90 per cent use Facebook, down from from 93 per cent in the past two years.
Other surveys have also found teens moving to other socially-networked sites, such as Instagram, now owned by Facebook.
Of the people polled in the Frank N Magid's survey, 16 per cent said Facebook was trendy, 18 per cent found it fun and 16 per cent said it was informative.
Only nine per cent, however said, it was safe and another nine per cent said it was trustworthy.
The other networks people are using are Snapchat (18 per cent), Apple's iMessage (17 per cent users) and WhatsApp and Google Hangouts which are used by nine per cent of those surveyed.
The survey reached 1,934 people and only smartphone users were polled.
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