As we saw earlier, girls usually spend more time on social media sites than boys do. So what are boys doing instead? Often, they’re playing video games—and so are many of the girls. Teens spend more time playing games on their computers than they did just a few years ago—12th graders spend about 1½ hours a day, compared to less than an hour a day in 2008. Girls have caught up quickly in video game time, perhaps due to less violent, more girl-friendly games on phones such as Candy Crush.
