4 in 10 Young Facebook Users Say They’ll Spend Less Time On The Site This Year

Perhaps some discouraging news for Facebook? 38% of Facebook users aged 18-29 say they’ll spend less time on the site over the coming year, per results [pdf] from a survey from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. Overall, 27% of the Facebook users surveyed said they’d spend less time on the site, versus 3% who expect to spend more time, and 69% who will hold steady. Furthermore, 28% said the site has become less important to them over the past year, compared to 12% who said it had become more important. (more…)