The UN-backed World Happiness Report says passively consuming algorithmic social media hurts teens' mental health and heavy use disproportionately affects girls
Passively consuming algorithmic social media hurts teens' mental health, according to the World Happiness Report for 2026 …
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@oliver_s_curry
Oliver Scott Curry
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World Happiness Report finds “a significant *positive* cross-country relationship between communication hours and life satisfaction (r = 0.46, p = .001)...*no* significant relationship between social media use and the relative happiness of the young” #smma https://www.worldhappin…
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@mmpiatkowski
Marcin Piatkowski
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Poland 🇵🇱 is just about to overtake the US 🇺🇸 in happiness👇, according to the World Happiness Report 2026, moving up from a 48th position in 2022. Awesome! https://www.worldhappiness.report/ ... [image]
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@jonhaidt
Jonathan Haidt
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The World Happiness Report 2026 is out today! This year's focus/theme: the effect of social media on well-being. See the whole issue here: https://www.worldhappiness.report/ And see my essay (w Zach Rausch) here; we lay out SEVEN lines of evidence of harm: https://www.worldhappin…
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@mikaaaltola
Mika Aaltola
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Finland First: On March 19, 2026, the World Happiness Report dropped its latest findings, and Finland is the happiest country on Earth for the 9th year in a row! The secret sauce? A simple poll: the Cantril Ladder question in the Gallup World Poll asks people worldwide to rate
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@happinessrpt
@happinessrpt
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NEW: Heavy social media use appears to be contributing to the drop in wellbeing among young people in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, especially among girls, according to findings published today in WHR 2026. Read the full report 👉 https://www.worldhappiness.report…
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@villecantell
Ville Cantell
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All 5 Nordic countries in the top 6 in the World Happiness Report. We do something right in the Nordics so that it is possible for people to live good lives here. Three key ingredients are that we are inclusive, secure and functioning societies. #Nordics #happiness [image]
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@casssunstein
Cass Sunstein
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My chapter in the World Happiness Report, just out. @HappinessRpt https://www.worldhappiness.report/ ...
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@jurgen_nauditt
Jürgen Nauditt
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Finland tops the global ranking of happiest countries for the ninth consecutive year - World Happiness Report. Iceland and Denmark take second and third place, respectively. The reasons for Finland's (and the Nordics') consistently high rankings have been similar for years: - [im…
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@happinessrpt
@happinessrpt
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Many people blame social media for the decline in youth wellbeing across North America and Western Europe. Does this hypothesis withstand rigorous scientific analysis? World Happiness Report 2026, out now. Read 👉 https://mailchi.mp/... Subscribe 👉 https://worldhappiness.report/ .…