A new study shows that cutting social media use for just one week can reduce mental health symptoms, like anxiety and depression, in young adults.

YouTube remains the most popular, but adults are increasingly using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit. Use of some platforms varies by age, gender, and race and ethnicity.

Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was ...

Short-term breaks from social media could significantly improve youth mental health, but they don't necessarily reduce ...

In a new study, published in JAMA Network Open, 295 participants report promising mental health benefits after reducing their social media usage for a week. The cohort consisted of young adults from ...

It would be easy, based on the news media’s borderline obsession with TikTok and X, to assume that those platforms are, if ...

Michigan lawmakers are once again debating setting an age limit for social media use. Under the legislation, social media ...

Worldwide age limits and a mounting lawsuit against Meta are forcing the U.S. to confront whether its current rules still ...

The Pew Research Center's survey on social media usage shows that half of American adults use Facebook and YouTube multiple ...

What is the most used social media site by Americans? Believe it or not, it’s not Facebook, Instagram or Tik Tok. According ...