Almost half of British teenagers feel addicted to social media.
Nearly half of British teens feel addicted to social media
The "striking" findings have been revealed in a study conducted by the University of Cambridge and researchers say that a person's relationship with platforms such as Facebook and Instagram is "akin to a behavioural addiction".
The team at Cambridge discovered that 48 per cent of 7,022 people surveyed either agreed or strongly agreed with the statement 'I think I am addicted to social media'.
A higher proportion of girls (57 per cent) answered that they felt addicted to social media compared to boys (37 per cent).
Georgia Turner, a University of Cambridge graduate student who led the analysis, said: "We're not saying the people who say they feel addicted are addicted. But it's not a nice feeling to feel you don't have agency over your own behaviour, so it's quite striking that so many people feel like that."