Young people are increasingly making music themselves
According to the German JIM study (Jugend, Information, Media), a long-term comparison of the last ten years shows that making music is one of the few activities that has increased in popularity among young people. Only activities with the family show a higher increase.
According to the study, one in four young people between the ages of 12 and 19 regularly make music (24%). This puts music-making in fourth place among the most popular non-media leisure activities among young people, ahead of attending sporting events (15 percent) or parties (5 percent). Making music is significantly more popular with girls (29%) than with boys (18%).
A long-term comparison of the last ten years (2007 to 2017) shows that making music is one of the few activities that has increased in popularity among young people (plus 5%). Only activities with the family show a higher increase (plus 14%). However, a closer look also shows that young people at lower secondary schools (15 percent) are significantly less active in making music than those at grammar schools (28 percent).
