16 September 2026
Heavy social media use falls sharply as gen Z enter their 20s
Rates of 23-year-olds spending five or more hours a day on social media have dropped by 16 percentage points since their late teens (21% v 37%).
16 September 2026
Heavy social media use falls sharply as gen Z enter their 20s
2 September 2026
New data release: Children of the 2020s study, Wave 2
Linked education data opens up new research opportunities
Ryan Bradshaw
Editorial Content Manager
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Email: r.bradshaw@ucl.ac.uk
Centre for Longitudinal Studies
UCL Social Research Institute
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