eSafety: Early days, early insights

“Early days, early insights:”“Understanding experiences of social media age restrictions at the three-month follow-up”

“a nationally representative sample of 4,121 children aged 10 to 16 living in Australia”

Australian youth cohort; this entry covers children aged 10–15 at the three-month follow-up.

“July 2026”

July 2026, as printed on the report cover.

“Survey soft launch 17th March 2026”“Close survey 30th March 2026”“Octopus soft launch 20th March 2026”“Octopus final close 9th April 2026”

Life in Australia: 17–30 March 2026; Octopus: 20 March–9 April 2026. Overall fieldwork: 17 March–9 April 2026.

“The sample reported on here includes 803 children aged 10 to 15 (excluding children who were aged 16 or older at three months and their parents).”

803 children aged 10–15 at follow-up. The complete follow-up sample contains 1,021 parent–child pairs; this entry counts children in the report’s age subgroup, not parents and children combined.

“The sample reported on here includes 803 children aged 10 to 15 (excluding children who were aged 16 or older at three months and their parents).”

Age at the three-month follow-up; those aged 16 or older were excluded from this report’s analyses.

“a non-random mechanism of recruitment.”“the design-based approach to weighting does not apply to the dyads, since there is a non-random mechanism of selection.”

Children and parent–child pairs were not selected through a probability sample. Parents came from the Life in Australia probability panel and the Octopus convenience panel. Estimates use weights adjusted to population characteristics and follow-up participation.

“How often, if at all, do you personally …?…”Response options: Never or almost never (1) / Not very often (2) / Fairly often (3) / Very often (4) / Not sure / Prefer not to say

Figure A1 (printed p. 84) presents the six-item child self-report battery. The cohort contains 803 children aged 10–15, but valid counts for individual items are not stated. No fixed recall period or app-specific breakdown is shown. The figure excludes “Not sure” and “Prefer not to say”. The battery is not a diagnostic prevalence measure.

“Do you currently have your own profile or own account on the following social media platforms or apps that you use?”“Table 1: Social media account ownership among children aged 10 to 15 (n = 803) (%)”“At the three-month follow-up, only those children who had used a platform in the four weeks prior to the survey were asked if they held an account on that platform.”

Table 1 measures children’s own-account ownership on ten services among ages 10–15 after Australia’s under-16 account restriction began on 10 December 2025 (report p. 4). Account ownership was asked only for services used in the past four weeks; the table uses all 803 children as its base. The archived reports do not include the complete administered question or response options.

“Do you currently have your own profile or own account on the following social media platforms or apps that you use?”“Facebook”“Instagram”“Kick”“Reddit”“Snapchat”“Threads”“TikTok”“Twitch”“X (Twitter)”“YouTube”

Table 1 lists ten named services for own-account ownership. The combined “any age-restricted social media platform” row is not an additional app.

“Do you currently have your own profile or own account on the following social media platforms or apps that you use?”“Facebook”“Instagram”“Kick”“Reddit”“Snapchat”“Threads”“TikTok”“Twitch”“X (Twitter)”“YouTube”

Table 1 measures own-account ownership for ten services, conditional on use in the past four weeks. The services reflect eSafety’s November 2025 assessment (report pp. 4, 6); the report does not assess each platform’s legal compliance. Account-retention reasons are reported separately for five services because the other service samples were too small (report p. 16).