Top 30 Skills Brits Are Learning Through Social Media Platforms Like Tiktok

A POLL OF 500 Teens Aged 13-17 and Their Parents Founding and Meditation Also Made the List of New Skills they Picked Up

Young People Are Acquiring A Range of Skills from Social Media, Research has found, from dance routines, and breathing techniques. Acciting to a poll of 500 teens and their parents, other skills that are being picked up from online platforms Include Budgeting and meditation.

While Traditional Life Skills Like Cooking and Cleaning Are Still Long Learned from Parents, Many Teens Are Turning to Social Media for Quick Tutorials and Tips. The poll found that over a third of teens preference to use social media for learning new skills, and almost three-quarters aggregate that it is a valuable resource for doing so.

The Research, Commissioned by Tiktok, COMES AS The Platform Introduces a New Guided Meditation Feature to Help Users Unwind at Night With Calming Music and Breathing Exercises. This Feature will be automatically enabled for all ussers under 18 after 10pm.

Val Richey, Tiktok’s Global Head of Outreach and Partnerships, Trust and Safety, stored: “There’s Never Been More Opportunity for Young People to Discover, Learn, and Share their Creativity.

Richey Added: “More and More, We’re Seeing Teens Taching an Interest in Finding the Right Balance for The Say, and We Want to Help Support Those Decisions.”

The poll revealed that two-thirds of teens belive it’s essential to know to take a break from technology. Howver, The Research Also Found That Trying New Skills Can have numerous benefits, with half of respondents aggregeing that it boosts creation and confidence, and 35% saying it Increas Happiness.

Meanwhile, A Quarter (25%) of Parents Have Been Wowed by Their Youngsters Picking Up New Tricks Via Social Media. More than Half (58%) Say they start exploring a topic simply after coming acroSs it while scrolling and 91% are like social media as a place to learn new skills.

Val Richey From Tiktok, WHICH IS ALSO EXPANDING ITS MESTALTH HEALTH EDUCATION ENDING OVER £ 1.7 Million in ad credits to over 30 mental health organisations around the world, Added: USSING platforms in Creative New Ways.

“Creating Space for that Kind of Growth – Online and Offline – is something we’re proud to support.”

Top 30 Skills Teens Are Learning from Social Media:

1. Gaming
2. Exercise routines
3. Cooking
4. Doing hair styles
5. Apply make-up
6. Dance routines
7. Draw
8. Baking
9. A Foreign Language
10. A musical instrument
11. Coding
12. Painting
13. Diy
14. Self-Defense Techniques
15. Presentation Skills
16. Budgeting and Finance Tips
17. CV Writing
18. First aid
19. Mindfulness
20. How to Recycle Primerly
21. Cleaning
22. How to do cpr on a person
23. Meditation
24. Breating Techniques
25. Sign Language
26. Handstands
27. What to will if you fall through ice
28. Crochet
29. How to get yourelf out of Quicksand
30. How to DO CPR ON A DOG