According to a survey conducted between April and May 2023 among TikTok users in the United States, 77.7 percent of Generation Z users reported feeling that TikTok was addictive. In comparison, around 72 percent of Gen X respondents felt the same. Millennials were the demographic reporting the highest number of TikTok users feeling negative mental health effects of the platform, with 37.3 percent of respondents reporting having experienced such effects.
TikTok effects on mental health and digital addiction concerns among users in the United States as of May 2023, by generation
Characteristic
Believes TikTok to be addictive
Feel negative mental health effects as a result of using TikTok
The source identifies Gen Z with people aged between 11 and 26, millennials with people aged between 27 and 42, and Generation X with people aged between 43 and 58 years.
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