{"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":[28,25,24,23,21,20,19,19,19,19,17,16,16,16,14,14,13.5,13,13,12,12,12,11,10,10,10,10,10,10,9,9,9,8,8,8,7,7],"name":"Girl"},{"data":[18,13,13,12,10,8,15,11,9,8,7,12,7,6,10,6,8,10,6,9,9,8,4,7,7,6,5,3,4,9,4,3,12,6,6,6,3],"name":"Boy"}],"_data":[["\ufeffCountry","Girl","Boy"],["Romania",28,18],["Ireland",25,13],["Malta",24,13],["Albania",23,12],["Greece",21,10],["Cyprus",20,8],["Bulgaria",19,15],["North Macedonia",19,11],["Scotland",19,9],["Italy",19,8],["Wales",17,7],["Croatia",16,12],["Republic of Moldova",16,7],["England",16,6],["Poland",14,10],["Luxembourg",14,6],["Belgium",13.5,8],["Armenia",13,10],["Spain",13,6],["Slovenia",12,9],["Serbia",12,9],["Austria",12,8],["Switzerland",11,4],["Portugal",10,7],["Germany",10,7],["Lithuania",10,6],["Sweden",10,5],["Latvia",10,3],["France",10,4],["Iceland",9,9],["Czechia",9,4],["Hungary",9,3],["Finland",8,12],["Norway",8,6],["Estonia",8,6],["Denmark",7,6],["Netherlands",7,3]],"labels":{"name":"\ufeffCountry","values":["Romania","Ireland","Malta","Albania","Greece","Cyprus","Bulgaria","North Macedonia","Scotland","Italy","Wales","Croatia","Republic of Moldova","England","Poland","Luxembourg","Belgium","Armenia","Spain","Slovenia","Serbia","Austria","Switzerland","Portugal","Germany","Lithuania","Sweden","Latvia","France","Iceland","Czechia","Hungary","Finland","Norway","Estonia","Denmark","Netherlands"]},"metadata":{"link":"https:\/\/data-browser.hbsc.org","type":"","unit":"Percent (%)","year":"2021\/2022","title":"Percentage of 15-year-olds who report problematic social media use","topic":"Usage Patterns","method":"survey","source":"Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study (2023), Data browser (findings from the 2021\/22 international HBSC survey)","sub_topic":"","chart_number":"61.0","geographical":"World"},"description":"This table presents the percentage of 15-year-olds who reported 'problematic' (addictive-like) social media use in 2022 across the HBSC survey regions, including European member states, North America, and Central Asia. The 2022 data reveal a \"vulnerability plateau\" among mid-adolescents, with an average of 14% of girls and 8% of boys exhibiting clinical symptoms of digital dependency. A clear geographic divide remains evident: Romania (18\u201328%), Ireland (13\u201325%) and Malta (13\u201324%) reported the highest levels of problematic use, while the Netherlands (3\u20137%) and Hungary (3\u20139%) had the most resilient digital environments. At age 15, the gender gap in digital addiction remains significant across most of Europe, with girls being approximately twice as likely as boys to report symptoms of loss of control and withdrawal. This disparity is particularly striking in the Mediterranean and Anglosphere: in Cyprus and Greece, for example, more than one in five girls report problematic use, compared to around 10% of boys."}