B
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88% -- share of gen z reporting negative mental health impact from social media for Gen Z (2025)
88% of Gen Z say that social media use negatively affects their mental health.
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88%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
besteverad.com
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Tier C
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Gen Z: 88% share of gen z reporting negative mental health impact from social media. Source: besteverad.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/gen-z-social-media-negative-mental-health-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gen-z-social-media-negative-mental-health-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>88%</strong> -- share of gen z reporting negative mental health impact from social media for Gen Z<br><small>Source: besteverad.com (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/gen-z-social-media-negative-mental-health-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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