Turns Out, Teens Are Infatuated With Twitter

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Since Facebook's third quarter earnings report, debate has broken out about how teens use Facebook and whether they think it stinks.

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Looks like Twitter, on the other hand, doesn't have a teen problem.

AllThingsD provides comScore data from a JP Morgan analyst showing that Twitter's audience skews young. This research is available now that the 25-day quiet period for analysts who work at banks that underwrote Twitter is over.

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Apparently, 28.3% of Twitter's unique desktop visitors are between 13 and 24, compared to 22.6% of Facebook's users.

Also, 32.3% of Twitter's global web audience is between 15 and 24 while Facebook sees only 28.9% in that age bracket. On mobile, the trend continues. 24.8% of Twitter's mobile users are between 18 and 24, while only 19.4% of Facebook users fall within that age range.

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AllThingsD notes that the high percentage of younger users means that Twitter might be on its way to becoming more mainstream.

To see the charts, head over to AllThingsD.