Majority of children feel they spend too much time online

While boys continue to spend more time gaming than any other online activity across primary (56%) and secondary school (36%), the survey found that social media is the dominant online activity for secondary school-aged girls (55%).

More than two-thirds (67%) of secondary school-aged children and half (51%) of primary school-aged children feel that they spend too much time online, a new survey has found.

The survey carried out by online safety charity CyberSafeKids involved more than 5,000 primary and secondary school-aged children.