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54%

54% -- share of teens saying it would be hard to give up social media for US teens (2022)

Name: Share Of Teens Saying It Would Be Hard To Give Up Social Media Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-03

2022 · Pew Research Center

54% of US teens indicated that it would be hard to give up social media in a 2022 Pew Research Center study.

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54%

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2022

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US teens

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Pew Research Center Primary Tier C

https://behavioralhealth.partners/diy-rehab-videos/social-media-mental-health/ ↗

Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2022 Channel: Common Crawl

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Social Media Mental Health Positives and Negatives

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Pew Research Center · Original study ↗

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Pew Research Center survey of US teens, as cited by Behavioral Health Partners

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US teens: 54% share of teens saying it would be hard to give up social media. Source: Pew Research Center (2022). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/us-teens-hard-to-give-up-social-media-2022

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