According to a recent Pew Internet survey, social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook are all the rage. A full two thirds of all teens have at the very least created an online profile.
Of those two thirds of all teens, nearly half are between the ages of 12 and 14 years old, which means a large percentage of kids are lying about their age to sign up on these sites, since most require a minimum age of 14 to sign up.
If you’re interested, you can view the press release that summarizes the survey, or you can view the entire survey in PDF format.
FYI, the survey took place between October 23 and November 19th 2006, so you can rest assured the numbers, if taken again today, would be higher than they were just 3 months ago.