Nowadays, young people are strongly present on social media, it is on these platforms that they communicate with their peers, consume entertainment content, and choose social media as a means of their news consumption. However, it is important to note that just because young people are avid users of social media does not necessarily mean that they automatically have the skills and abilities to deal with the underload of content, information, misinformation and echo chambers present in the digital sphere. This systematic literature review analyzes 24 articles extracted, using the PRISMA method, from an initial result of 413 search results by coding keywords in the scientific databases Scopus, Web of Science and B-on. The analysis of the review is based on highlighting the main subthemes studied concerning media literacy and youth in the last five years, through a synthesis of the contributions and literature review and discussion, which enables future research avenues to be identified.