Based on a recent survey, 84 percent of German teenagers stated they used the internet on a daily basis during their leisure time in 2022, compared to 10 percent who said they did so several times a week. 92 percent used their smartphone every day and 62 percent were listening to music daily. Reading daily newspapers and magazines online, as well as reading e-books ranked lower. In households with adolescents, the majority owned a smartphone, followed by computers and/or laptops.
German teens spent an average of 241 daily minutes on the internet in 2021, compared to 134 minutes 10 years before. YouTube ranked first among favorite internet platforms (including mobile) for teens, followed by WhatsApp and Instagram. In 2021, the majority of German teens used a TV set for watching content. That year, Netflix and YouTube were the most used video streaming platforms to watch TV shows daily or several times a week, closely followed by Netflix.
Print media usage generally fell in the last decade, especially in the case of magazines and newspapers, though reading books, while fluctuating, mostly stayed within a roughly 40 percent rate. The leading German youth magazines ranked by sales volume were Bravo, Bravo Girl and Mädchen.