Percentage of U.S. social networks who suffer from FOMO as of June 2013

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 9, 2013
This statistic provides information on the share of U.S. social networkers who are afraid of missing something such as an event, news or important status updates if they don't keep an eye on their social networks. During a survey in June 2013, it was found that 56 percent of U.S. social network users suffered from the fear of missing out, also known as FOMO.

Percentage of U.S. social networkers who are afraid of missing out on news on social networks as of June 2013

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Suffer from FOMO 56%
Don't suffer from FOMO 44%
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Release date

July 2013

Region

United States

Survey time period

May 31 to June 4, 2013

Number of respondents

2,084 respondents

Age group

8-19 years

Method of interview

Online survey

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