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Coverage dated March 18, 2026

World Happiness Report highlights social media's negative impact, ranks Finland as happiest country

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The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people

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  1. NBC New York

    World Happiness Report highlights social media's negative impact, ranks Finland as happiest country (opens NBC New York)

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    The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people

  2. The Boston Globe

    What the World Happiness Report reveals about social media and the world’s happiest country (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Heavy social media use contributes to a stark decline in well-being among young people, especially in teenage girls in English-speaking countries and Western Europe.

  3. WMUR

    World Happiness Report highlights social media's negative impact (opens WMUR)

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    The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people.

  4. Seattle Times

    Nordic nation leads World Happiness Report for ninth year (opens Seattle Times)

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    The latest World Happiness Report 2026 says that heavy social media use has contributed to a stark decline in well-being among young people, with the effects particularly worrying in teenage...

  5. Al Jazeera

    Social media making young people less happy, report finds (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Heavy social media use has contributed to ‘worrying decline’ in wellbeing in Western countries, report says.

  6. Deutsche Welle

    Social media makes people unhappy — World Happiness Report (opens Deutsche Welle)

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