„Can you show me how to get on the internet“Some of us have probably heard this question from our grandmas and grandpas or parents. This is not surprising, after all, they did not grow up with the Internet and are therefore catching up a lot. However, the examples from the list below show that retirees have now also found fun in social networks.
The hard facts
How many older people are actually on social media? That the number is steadily increasing has Weidebach in its surveys from 2019 and 2020. While in 2019 it was around 63 percent of those surveyed who had never communicated via social media, the number fell to 56 percent in the following year. On the other side of the spectrum, almost 29 percent of those over 60 use social media several times a week.
Seniors gaming
Gaming is not for retirees? The opposite is proven by the motley group, which is called “Seniors gaming“Is known. They regularly provide their 745,000 subscribers on YouTube with gameplays in which they test a wide variety of games from farming simulators to FIFA. You can also find them on Snapchat under “Grandma goes steeply”, where they can try snacks or Shirin David’s “Dirtea” and more.
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