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 ...

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

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 ...

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

Young adults are fond of using social media all the time, it is where life happens from news, friendships, and stress all on ...

Instagram users may overestimate the extent to which they are addicted to the platform, according to research conducted on ...

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

Malaysia will ban people 16 years and younger from using social media in 2026, following a similar move by Australia a year ...