Does your teddy TWEET? 2.5 million British bears are on social media - and MEN are most likely to give their furry friend an online account
- Men are twice as likely to set up a profile for a teddy bear on social media websites, according to a survey by Ikea
- Poll revealed half of all UK adults still take soft toys on holiday with them
- The average British teddy bear travels 10,386.73 miles in its lifetime
Most people get attached to a teddy bear when they are small, but the relationship between people and teddy bear appears to prevail throughout adulthood.
An estimated two-and-a-half million teddy bears now have social profiles, according to a new survey.
And perhaps surprisingly, men are twice as likely to set up a profile for a teddy bear friend, online.
An estimated two-and-a-half million teddy bears now have social profiles and men are twice as likely to set up a profile for their childhood toy, online, according to a new study
A survey by Home furnishings company Ikea into how the nation feels about their teddies revealed how important Teddy Bears are to British life.
The found that in the digital age, over 2.5 million people have created a profile for their teddy bears so they can embrace the world of social media with them.
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There are also a number of Twitter profiles that help people track down lost teddy bears around the world, which could prove a useful as according to the survey of 2,000 UK adults last month, the
average British Teddy will travel 10,386.73 miles in its lifetime.
Over 2.5 million people have created a profile for their teddy bears so they can embrace the world of social media with them, Ikea said. A selection of Tweets from 'teddy bears' are pictured
Just over half of Britons still hold on to their favourite childhood toy into adulthood.
The research found that 41 per cent of children take their soft toys everywhere they go, with nearly half of all UK adults still taking their soft-toys abroad.
Over a quarter of children up to the age of 10 admit to taking their bears everywhere they go.
Men are twice as likely to set up a social media profile for their teddy bears, according to the study, which also said that around half of adults take a childhood toy on holiday with them
Just over half of Britons still hold on to their favourite childhood toy into adulthood. The Facebook profile of 'Bartie Bristle' is pictured
A spokesmen for Ikea said: 'Considering the finding that 18 per cent of British children have an imaginary friend it’s unsurprising that we are using social media to bring our imaginations to life.'
Carol McSeveney, Children’s IKEA Manager in the UK, said: 'It’s clear that we are a nation of big kids who love our soft-toys; taking them everywhere we go, with over half of us still clinging on to them well into adulthood.'
The company has brought out a range of soft toys to raise money for UNICEF and Save the Children.
Since 2003, Ikea's Soft Toy Campaign has raised over £47million in a bid to help children living in poverty access an education.
The average British Teddy will travel 10,386.73 miles in its lifetime. Pictured is a Twitter profile that helps reunite people with their teddy bears
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