According to a survey conducted in the United States in 2022, ** percent of teenagers said they would find it somewhat hard to give up social media, and ** percent said it would be very hard. Overall, two in ** teens in the U.S. said it would be very easy for them to quit using social media.
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Pew Research Center. (August 10, 2022). Opinions of teens in the United States on how difficult it would be for them to give up social media as of May 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327681/us-teens-who-say-it-would-be-easy-to-give-up-social-media/
Pew Research Center. "Opinions of teens in the United States on how difficult it would be for them to give up social media as of May 2022." Chart. August 10, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327681/us-teens-who-say-it-would-be-easy-to-give-up-social-media/
Pew Research Center. (2022). Opinions of teens in the United States on how difficult it would be for them to give up social media as of May 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327681/us-teens-who-say-it-would-be-easy-to-give-up-social-media/
Pew Research Center. "Opinions of Teens in The United States on How Difficult It Would Be for Them to Give up Social Media as of May 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327681/us-teens-who-say-it-would-be-easy-to-give-up-social-media/
Pew Research Center, Opinions of teens in the United States on how difficult it would be for them to give up social media as of May 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327681/us-teens-who-say-it-would-be-easy-to-give-up-social-media/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Opinions of teens in the United States on how difficult it would be for them to give up social media as of May 2022 [Graph], Pew Research Center, August 10, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327681/us-teens-who-say-it-would-be-easy-to-give-up-social-media/
