World Happiness Report 2026 Happiness and Social Media
The World Happiness Report 2026 examines links between happiness, life satisfaction and social media use worldwide. It compiles chapters and analyses from multiple researchers and uses international data sources (including PISA and Gallup) to compare youth wellbeing trends across regions and over time. The report finds that heavy social media use is associated with lower life satisfaction particularly in English-speaking countries and Western Europe, while patterns differ by platform and region. It discusses policy implications and emphasizes the need for careful evidence synthesis when translating research into policy.
Publisert
Eier
Folkehelseinstituttet (FHI)
Forfattere
John F. Helliwell, Richard Layard, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Lara B. Aknin, Shun Wang, Jonathan Haidt og Zach Rausch
Språk
Engelsk