57% of American teenagers have created a blog or webpage, posted original artwork, photography, stories or videos online or remixed online content into their own new creations.

About 21 million or 87% of those ages 12-17 use the internet, according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The results highlight that this is a generation comfortable with content-creating technology. Teens are eager to share their thoughts, experiences, and creations with the wider internet population.

Some key findings:

33% of online teens share their own creative content online, such as artwork, photos, stories or videos.

32% say that they have created or worked on webpages or blogs for others, including groups they belong to, friends or school assignments.

22% report keeping their own personal webpage.

19% of online teens keep a blog, and 38% of online teens read blogs.

19% of internet-using teens say they remix content they find online into their own artistic creations.

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