Sorry, kids, the oldsters are moving in on Snapchat

Sorry, kids, but you won’t have Snapchat all to yourselves anymore.

It seems the adults are crashing the party.

While Facebook and Twitter have been the bastions for people who are well passed their teen years and early 20s, Snapchat and Instagram have been home to younger users.

Those younger users wanted social networks where they wouldn't find their parents, aunts, uncles and even grandparents.

Now that social oasis for the younger generation may be vanishing.

Three years ago, Snapchat’s app was being used by 5% of smartphone users between the ages of 25 and 34. The number was even lower – 2% -- for users 35 and older, according to comScore Inc., a U.S.-based media measurement and analytics company.

To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here