{"source":{"name":"Evidence Hub on Social Media Ban for Kids - A project by the Lisbon Council","url":"https:\/\/socialmediaban.lisboncouncil.net","license":"Creative Common CC-BY 4.0 International"},"data":[{"data":[6,18,39,37],"name":"Value"}],"_data":[["Category","Value"],["No passive usage",6],["<1 hour a day",18],["1-3 hours a day",39],[">3 hours a day",37]],"labels":{"values":["No passive usage","<1 hour a day","1-3 hours a day",">3 hours a day"]},"metadata":{"link":"https:\/\/publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/repository\/handle\/JRC141047","type":"","unit":"Percent (%)","year":"2022","title":"Daily Passive Social Media Use: 15-Year-Olds (2022)","topic":"Usage Patterns","method":"2022 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data","source":"Social media usage and adolescents\u2019 mental health in the EU, JRC, 2025","sub_topic":"","chart_number":"41","geographical":"European Union"},"description":"This chart shows the distribution of time spent on passive social media activities, such as scrolling through feeds or browsing content, by 15-year-olds on a typical weekday. The data reveal that passive engagement is a near-universal habit for this demographic, with only 6% of adolescents reporting no usage at all. The majority of students fall into the moderate-to-heavy usage categories, with 39% spending between one and three hours daily on these platforms. 37% of 15-year-olds spend more than three hours per day engaged in passive scrolling. 94% of 15-year-olds are daily participants in passive digital consumption."}