The Top Reason We Use YouTube

We all like to at one time or another be entertained by YouTube.  And here's some really good news:  We're not just WASTING that time on nonsense videos.

According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, the top reason people go to YouTube now is to LEARN new things.

51% of people say YouTube is very important to them for, quote, "figuring out how to do things they haven't done before."

 

Only 28% say it's a very important way for them just to pass some time by watching random stuff.

 

Also, 81% of parents with kids 11 or younger let their kids watch YouTube . . . although 61% of them say their kid has ended up watching something that wasn't appropriate for them.

(Pew Research Center)