A third of Irish children aged between eight and 12 post videos of themselves online, according to a primary school study.
The research was conducted among 4,000 children between those ages.
It also revealed 84pc use at least one social media or messaging service such as Snapchat or TikTok, despite minimum age restrictions on all of the popular apps of at least 13 years.
And 93pc of pre-teens now have some kind of phone, tablet or other smart device, with almost a third saying that they have been bullied online.
The figures from CyberSafeKids have been released as the Government’s online safety commissioner now looks unlikely to be appointed until 2023.
Meanwhile, TikTok and YouTube – the two most popular social platforms among children under 13 – have had to introduce measures to stop predators and abusers on their video platforms.
According to CyberSafeKids’ figures, 61pc of children say that they have been contacted by a stranger in an online game.
And one in three pre-teens play online with people they do not know, an annual rise of 16pc.
In total, online gaming is played by 80pc of eight to 12-year-olds, according to the research.
The most popular apps are YouTube (74pc), TikTok (47pc), WhatsApp (39pc) and Snapchat (37pc).
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