DEPRESSION AND SOCIAL MEDIA STATISTICS

Nov 12, 2020Almost 25% of teens view social media as having a negative effect. Between 2012 and 2015, depression in boys increased by 21% and in girls by ⁽¹⁾ …

Jan 21, 2022According to the Pew Research Center, 69% of adults and 81% of teens in the U.S. use social media. This puts a large amount of the population at ⁽²⁾ …

Increased Social Media Use Linked to Developing Depression …

Dec 10, 2020– Young adults who increased their use of social media were significantly more likely to develop depression within six months, according to a ⁽³⁾ …

With 91% of young people using the internet for social networking and rates of depression and anxiety in young people having risen by more than 70% in the ⁽⁴⁾ …

Study: Social media use linked to decline in mental health

Sep 14, 2022College-wide access to Facebook led to an increase in severe depression by 7% and anxiety disorder by 20%. Beyond these results, a greater ⁽⁵⁾ …

The students who restricted their social media use to 30 minutes a day reported less depression and loneliness after three weeks, and the increase in feeling ⁽⁶⁾ …

Mar 31, 2022The same study also revealed that approximately one-quarter of participants were at a high risk of depression. When social media and depression ⁽⁷⁾ …