Vienna – The Youth Internet Monitor 2026 comes up with a result that is quite surprising and particularly relevant to the discussion about social media bans: Practically all social network platforms are losing users. In contrast, the popularity of AI chatbots is increasing massively, as shown by the Institute for Youth Culture Research initiated by saferinternet.at. 500 children and young people between the ages of eleven and 17 were surveyed, it was said on Monday.
