{"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":[4,15,40,42],"name":"Male"},{"data":[7,22,38,32],"name":"Female"}],"_data":[["Category","Male","Female"],["No passive usage",4,7],["<1 hour a day",15,22],["1-3 hours a day",40,38],[">3 hours a day",42,32]],"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 by Gender (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":"44","geographical":"European Union"},"description":"This chart shows the distribution of time spent on passive social media activities, such as scrolling or browsing, by 15-year-olds on a typical weekday, divided by gender. The data reveal that passive consumption is a near-universal behaviour for both genders. Only a small minority of both genders report no passive usage at all. A significant trend emerges in the \"high intensity\" category: 42% of males spend more than three hours per day passively consuming content, compared to 32% of females."}