Most people, including students, staff, and teachers, use social media in different ways. There are plenty of social media platforms, but are some used more than the others? Social media is used by millions worldwide, but which platforms are trending at our school?

“I’m going to have to go with TikTok. I have an unhealthy obsession with it. It is great when you want to relax and when I’m bored,” said Victoria Ingram. A lot of people use TikTok. “Recently I’ve been into TikTok and YouTube Shorts because they just give really good content. It’s really interesting!” said Kaitlin Donovan.

Currently lots of people like TikTok. TikTok is an app that millions of people use, the app is used for a variety of things. TikTok is an app that people use when they want to just chill and scroll through people’s posts or even post things about themselves! TikTok can also be used to message people. Not only that, lots of people use TikTok to advertise things or sell things there. Recently a TikTok shop was launched. The TikTok shop lets you look around and see things that you might find interesting to buy. 

There could be one negative when it comes to social media and it’s the amount of time you’re using social media daily! “Now thinking about it, probably a solid 30 minutes of Instagram and 2-2 1/2 hours of TikTok is my norm,” said Victoria. As you can tell when you’re scrolling through TikTok and social media, you can lose track of time because you’re too distracted looking through stuff that is posted.”I spend 23-43 minutes per day on social media. I kind of have a time limit though. But even though I have a time limit, I have my ways to watch Youtube shorts!” said Kaitlin. You can tell even though some people have a time limit they still try to find other ways to keep on going. You can tell that their time on a daily basis could be excessive.

YouTube Shorts are on YouTube, YouTube Shorts are similar to TikToks. Some people use YouTube Shorts instead of TikToks, but they are basically the same. What makes it different is that more people watch TikTok because it gives more interesting/entertaining things to watch. 

What makes Tiktok so interesting? Well, most people see things on social media based on the ideas they’re interested in. The person they watch on Social Media could be based on what people’s interests are on. It could be either cooking, makeup, or other topics. “I would probably say my favorite influencer is James Charles because I would like for him to do my makeup,” said Adrianna Willard. James Charles is a famous makeup artist who does lots of different inspirational makeup designs. He was most famous for his makeup posts and makeup brand as well.

“My favorite social media celebrities are Tate McRae and Lauren Spencer Smith. I mean they are my favorite artists and I really like their music,” said Kaitlin.

Students also like to post about themselves on social media, probably because they find it entertaining. Others don’t post about themselves. When it comes to posting about yourself it can be risky, as everything that people post has a meaning to it, either being entertaining or just for fun when you’re bored. “Yeah I post lip sync videos and dance videos because they’re fun!” said Adrianna. 

Social media is an entertaining internet resource that most Osbourn students use to either distract themselves, entertain themselves or maybe even educate themselves on a topic. Social media isn’t always a trustworthy source of information, and it can later on lead to consequences with even just a tiny mistake you make. Even though social media isn’t the best resource for everything, it can be useful in some ways.

What is your favorite social media platform? Tell us in the comments!