2026 – The World Happiness Report, published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, found that excessive use of social media negatively impacts personal wellbeing.

“If you use social media for an hour a day, that’s great, you’re being connected,” says Michael Plant, Research Fellow at the Wellbeing Research Centre. “But the report did show a correlation between, the more time you spend on social media the greater loss of wellbeing.”

Though the report does not know why the Western world is more impacted, it found that under 25s wellbeing in countries like United States, Canada, Australia and UK has dropped dramatically over the past decade – the same time social media has grown.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmp493wpj0o

https://www.worldhappiness.report