A few days ago I came across some research that was done in the UK about YouTube addiction. The research stated that almost 55percent of younger people under the age of 35 are addicted to YouTube. Out of the youngsters surveyed almost 55 percent of them responded that they couldn’t get through the day without checking out a funny video or the latest videos that were uploaded to YouTube. This didn’t come across as a surprise since many young people prefer to spend their day after work either in front of the computer watching videos online or chatting with their friends.

YouTube offers an open medium where everyone from around the world can post videos that they want to share with the world. YouTube receives over a million visitors everyday and growing. This is vastly owing to the fact that YouTube is addictive just as much as video games and checking email. Youngsters who were addicted to YouTube were also addicted to social networking such as Friendster, Facebook, and myspace etc. Experts have suggested many ways for young people to get over their addiction but few youngsters believe that they are really addicted to such online activities. Many youngsters who were interviewed believed that online activities were an excellent alternative to getting bored around the house.

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