According to a survey from June 2020, around 44 percent of young social media users in Japan who were aged between 17 to 19 years old thought that they were or had been addicted to social media. The same survey showed that the share of young people who were using social media in Japan stood at about 91.6 percent.
Share of people aged 17 to 19 years old who think that they are addicted to social media in Japan as of June 2020
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respondents who were currently using social media*
Method of interview
Online survey
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*The source excluded people who were part of the printing or publishing industry, the mass communication or mass media-related industry, the information provision services or survey industry, as well as the advertising industry.
Original question: "Do you think that you are (or were) addicted to SNS?"
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The Nippon Foundation. (July 30, 2020). Share of people aged 17 to 19 years old who think that they are addicted to social media in Japan as of June 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155007/japan-self-perceived-addiction-to-social-media-among-young-people/
The Nippon Foundation. "Share of people aged 17 to 19 years old who think that they are addicted to social media in Japan as of June 2020." Chart. July 30, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155007/japan-self-perceived-addiction-to-social-media-among-young-people/
The Nippon Foundation. (2020). Share of people aged 17 to 19 years old who think that they are addicted to social media in Japan as of June 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155007/japan-self-perceived-addiction-to-social-media-among-young-people/
The Nippon Foundation. "Share of People Aged 17 to 19 Years Old Who Think That They Are Addicted to Social Media in Japan as of June 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155007/japan-self-perceived-addiction-to-social-media-among-young-people/
The Nippon Foundation, Share of people aged 17 to 19 years old who think that they are addicted to social media in Japan as of June 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155007/japan-self-perceived-addiction-to-social-media-among-young-people/ (last visited March 14, 2025)
Share of people aged 17 to 19 years old who think that they are addicted to social media in Japan as of June 2020 [Graph], The Nippon Foundation, July 30, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1155007/japan-self-perceived-addiction-to-social-media-among-young-people/
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