Smartphones + Social media
And then COVID appears to have had a massive impact.
On September 26, 2006, Facebook opened to everyone at least 13 years old, was a key date IMO.
And then COVID appears to have had a massive impact.
On September 26, 2006, Facebook opened to everyone at least 13 years old, was a key date IMO.
Facebook was also quite different back then and it was still something that people mainly used to find people who were in their classes
If it was smartphones plus modern social media I would expect the trend to start at least 5 years later
On the other hand teens already had dumbphones for texting and Myspace before that