A section of research from a broader study by Dubit into how children use Facebook, specifically for gaming. Includes information on who is on Facebook and what they are doing there.

1. Dubit
Kids and online gaming
Focus on Facebook usage
and games [USA]

2. Use of Facebook
Yes, I have my own account / Have their own account
profile
34% Boys 32%; Girls 36%
Yes, I use my parent's account or
they show me stuff on Facebook Under 13s 21%; 13-14s 73%
Yes, I use my brother's or my
9% sister's account
1%
1% Yes, I use someone else's
account
Parents won’t let them
Boys 30%; Girls 33%
31% No, I don't use Facebook - my
parents won't let me Under 13s 38%; 13-14s 12%
No, I don't use Facebook - I'm
not interested
15% I'm not sure There were no 13-14 year olds who
0% said they don’t know what Facebook is!
9% I don't know what Facebook is

3. Use of Facebook
79% 81%
Yes - Someone Else's Profile
6%
7%
Yes - Own Profile
61%
7%
48%
44%
13%
75% 10%
28% 28% 71%
54%
Total: 17% 20% 19% 13%
13%
35% 34%
11% 10%
11%
15% 15%
6% 9% 9%
Age: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total
U13-Facebook Users

4. Proportion who either have an account with
Membership / use of other sites these websites, or use somebody else’s
account to access the website
17%
44% are either a
16%
member of
5%
5%
Windows Live
or use somebody else’s
5%
Messenger account to access it
1%
1%
None of these (excluding Facebook)
0% Under 13s 75%; 13-14s 44%
None of
67%
these

5. Proportion who either have an account with
these websites, or use somebody else’s
Membership / use of other sites, by age account to access the website
NB: The ‘None of these’ figure excludes
those who use Facebook
100%
None of these
90% 87%
80% 79%
Facebook
80%
70% Yahoo
60% 58% YouTube
54%
50% MySpace
44%
40%
Google+
33%
30% 25%
21% MSN / Windows Live
20% 18%
19%
Messenger
11% Hi5
10% 8% 7%
5%
9%
7%
5% 4%
2%
2% 1%
1%
2% 1%
Bebo
0% 0% 1%
6-7 8-10 11-12 13-14

6. Whether they would be interested in signing
Facebook for U13s up for a new Facebook for under 13s
Definitely yes Probably yes Not quite sure Probably not Definitely not
Total 25% 24% 28% 11% 12%
6-7 Boy 14% 19% 32% 18% 17%
6-7 Girl 14% 26% 38% 10% 12%
8-10 Boy 22% 27% 27% 13% 10%
8-10 Girl 34% 21% 23% 10% 12%
11-12 Boy 28% 25% 25% 11% 10%
11-12 Girl 38% 26% 20% 6% 10%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
Of those interested and who currently have a Facebook account, 37% said they would
definitely transfer their account to the new service, and 31% said they probably would

7. Desired games on a Facebook for U13s
What kind of games they would like to
see on a Facebook for under 13s

8. Games on Facebook
25% of all kids said they played a game
on Facebook in the last month For kids who play games on a computer, phone
or tablet, 32% play games on Facebook
58%
42%
32% 32%
19%
10%
Boys Girls 6-7 8-10 11-12 13-14

9. Games on Facebook
Facebook is a popular
destination for games.... The games most played on Facebook are:
Of the13% of kids who played
12%
5%
11%
in the last month 4%
84% of them played it on
6% 4%
Compared to...
7% 4% 2% 6% 4%
2% 1%