Facebook is the undisputed king of social networks, counting 71 percent of U.S. internet users 18 and older as members, according to a new study of America's social media habits by Pew Research. Engagement is also rising, with 70 percent of Facebook users checking the site daily. But Facebook isn't really growing, Pew found, except in one area: The senior citizen set. For the first time, more than half (56 percent) of online Americans 65 and older use Facebook accounts.
Facebook's social media competitors don't have nearly that level of ubiquity, but all the big ones are growing at a steady pace, as this chart from Pew demonstrates:
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