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19 March 2026

Executive summary: happiness and social media

World Happiness Report 2026

World Happiness Report 2026
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19 March 2026

International evidence on happiness and social media

World Happiness Report 2026

World Happiness Report 2026
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2 February 2026

Why single-item measures of wellbeing are best

Nature Human Behaviour

Nature Human Behaviour
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20 March 2025

World Happiness Report 2025: Executive summary

World Happiness Report 2025

World Happiness Report 2025
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20 March 2025

Caring and sharing: Global analysis of happiness and kindness

World Happiness Report 2025

World Happiness Report 2025
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20 March 2024

Happiness and Age: Summary

World Happiness Report 2024

World Happiness Report 2024
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20 March 2024

Happiness of the younger, the older, and those in between

World Happiness Report 2024

World Happiness Report 2024
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21 April 2022

Policy Stringency and Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Longitudinal Analysis of Data From 15 Countries

The Lancet Public Health

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19 January 2022

Mental Health During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Recommendations for Moving Forward

Perspectives on Psychological Science

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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World Happiness Report 2026: Complex global picture...

Heavy social media use appears to be contributing to the drop in wellbeing among young people.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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These are the happiest countries in the...

You can’t buy happiness, but you can visit the world’s happiest countries.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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What the World Happiness Report reveals about...

Costa Rica jumps to 4th place; Nordic countries stay on top.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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U.S. Moves Up In World Happiness Rankings

Last year, the U.S. ranked its lowest place ever, in 24th.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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Social media making young people less happy,...

Heavy social media use has contributed to ‘worrying decline’ in wellbeing in Western countries.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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The world’s happiest countries for 2026 –...

Residents explain what life looks like in the countries topping the World Happiness Report.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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The Anglosphere is increasingly miserable

The World Happiness Report shows it diverging from the rest of the world.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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Heavy social media usage erodes young people’s...

Real social connections matter.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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The world’s happiest countries report calls attention...

An annual world happiness ranking explores how the use of social media influences well-being.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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World Happiness Report highlights social media’s negative...

“It is clear that we should look ... to put the ‘social’ back into social media.”

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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A Nordic nation is the world’s happiest...

The Finns reported an average score of 7.764 to evaluate their life satisfaction.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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The 25 Happiest Countries In The World,...

Finland just keeps going.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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The world’s happiest countries revealed and what...

Country rankings were based on answers given by around 100,000 people in 140 countries.

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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Instagram worse for mental health than WhatsApp,...

“There’s a bit of a Goldilocks proposition here – not too much, not too little.”

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19 Mar 2026
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19 Mar 2026
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Social media makes people unhappy — World...

Some young people prefer if no one used social media.

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20 Mar 2025
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20 Mar 2025
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World Happiness Report 2025: People are much...

Newly-published global evidence highlights the importance of caring and sharing to happiness.

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20 Mar 2024
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20 Mar 2024
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World Happiness Report 2024: Most comprehensive picture...

Researchers have developed our understanding of happiness among different generations.

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1 Apr 2023
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1 Apr 2023
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The Finnish Secret to Happiness? Knowing When...

Frank Martela, a psychology researcher at Aalto University, agreed with Ms. Paasimaki’s assessm

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20 Mar 2023
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20 Mar 2023
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Finland remains world’s happiest country on International...

Another author of the report, professor John Helliwell of the Vancouver School of Economics at

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20 Mar 2023
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20 Mar 2023
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These are the world’s 10 happiest countries...

The enduring effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the war in Ukraine, and worldwide i

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19 Mar 2022
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19 Mar 2022
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Finland Named World’s Happiest Country for Fifth...

Finland has been named the world’s happiest country for the fifth year in a row, in an annual U

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27 Jul 2021
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27 Jul 2021
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Green Book Supplementary Guidance: Wellbeing

Supplementary guidance to the Green Book covering the consideration of wellbeing as part of the

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20 Apr 2021
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20 Apr 2021
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What Makes a Happy Country?

When governments around the world introduced coronavirus restrictions requiring people to stand

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1 Apr 2021
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1 Apr 2021
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3 Hidden Insights From This Year’s World...

Each year, the World Happiness Report provides a comprehensive ranking of the happiest countrie

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20 Mar 2021
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20 Mar 2021
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Finland Ranked Happiest Country In The World...

Finland has been named the happiest place in the world for a fourth year running, in an annual

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20 Mar 2021
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20 Mar 2021
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Finland Remains World’s Happiest Country For The...

Finland has once again defended its coveted title as the world's happiest country. It marks the

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20 Mar 2021
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20 Mar 2021
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Nell’anno della pandemia la Finlandia è il...

ROMA - Nell'anno della pandemia, la Finlandia è il paese più felice al mondo. E l'Italia risale

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20 Mar 2021
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20 Mar 2021
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The 20 Happiest Countries In The World...

Who doesn’t need some happy news these days? Just in time for the United Nation’s annual Intern

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20 Mar 2021
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20 Mar 2021
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This Country Has Just Been Named The...

To say the past year has been a difficult one for people across the globe is something of an un

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20 Mar 2021
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20 Mar 2021
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UK Falls In Global Happiness Ranking, With...

The UK has fallen five places on a global list ranking countries by happiness, as it grapples w

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20 Mar 2020
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20 Mar 2020
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The World’s Happiest Countries Revealed: Finland Keeps...

Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for the third year in a row by the Wor

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21 Mar 2019
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21 Mar 2019
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Britons Find Reasons To Be Cheerful In...

Britain has bucked the global trend of falling levels of happiness and is one of the few countr

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Economics, University of British Columbia

Prof. John Helliwell

Economics, University of British Columbia