{"id":248911,"date":"2025-11-07T07:48:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/248911\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T07:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T07:48:19","slug":"how-social-media-can-cause-stress-in-real-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/248911\/","title":{"rendered":"How social media can cause stress in real life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazily w-100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/N6ftHa8nTN32246FwrBrtj7nLMDwMVzilWsz0l6l.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n\u00a0Social media is a battlefield of emotions, fears, and societal pressure. [Getty Images]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-style\">Social media has reached more than half (63.9%) of the world\u2019s population since it got started in 1996. Social network platforms grew from 970 million users in 2010 to 5.41 billion in July 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-style\">The average social media user engages with between six and seven platforms. The average person spends two hours 21 minutes on social media per day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-style\">All this time on social media shapes people\u2019s perceptions, influences emotions and fuels anxieties, but its impact on social stress remains difficult to measure.<\/p>\n<p>        Continue reading with your Standard INSiDER subscription<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/sso?content=eyJpdiI6IkV0c0lvc2JONnAzQU0yWVUxM2ZzaXc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiTWpTTmoyMEV5SzRpdXhndjlmRGdtQkx2Njc3MWcyWStRZlJJdzhFd1plNkZOcTRoZkM3NWEzK3RRbklaYmFEeEdVQmpQTitmV3RqalhwN3F6R2pBQlZkYjdpRUhEM3NlU1Q2ZUxnMXNNQmRoRlNqOGhaNXhHUHpZVXgzNDh4OGRvdW1Dck1laHFkc0liQWptVE9Bc21kVm52MWkwbm9jUUl2cEdCWU9nY3RPblpCdmJLWnhmQy9pWGE2TGFackR0c1pwMlBoSzdRVFk2N0tiMUF0OW12eEh4OC9LSDBBSmprVXNOUkQ2TTBSQT0iLCJtYWMiOiJhODJmNDA4ZDI5OWI5ZjRlYzYxYjYxNzIxZDE5ZGJlNmViY2M2ZTAxMjI5NDU1OTZhZGIwNDJiNTFlMTJiM2Y1IiwidGFnIjoiIn0=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                            Get Started<\/p>\n<p>        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/sso?content=eyJpdiI6IkV0c0lvc2JONnAzQU0yWVUxM2ZzaXc9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiTWpTTmoyMEV5SzRpdXhndjlmRGdtQkx2Njc3MWcyWStRZlJJdzhFd1plNkZOcTRoZkM3NWEzK3RRbklaYmFEeEdVQmpQTitmV3RqalhwN3F6R2pBQlZkYjdpRUhEM3NlU1Q2ZUxnMXNNQmRoRlNqOGhaNXhHUHpZVXgzNDh4OGRvdW1Dck1laHFkc0liQWptVE9Bc21kVm52MWkwbm9jUUl2cEdCWU9nY3RPblpCdmJLWnhmQy9pWGE2TGFackR0c1pwMlBoSzdRVFk2N0tiMUF0OW12eEh4OC9LSDBBSmprVXNOUkQ2TTBSQT0iLCJtYWMiOiJhODJmNDA4ZDI5OWI5ZjRlYzYxYjYxNzIxZDE5ZGJlNmViY2M2ZTAxMjI5NDU1OTZhZGIwNDJiNTFlMTJiM2Y1IiwidGFnIjoiIn0=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0Social media is a battlefield of emotions, fears, and societal pressure. [Getty Images] Social media has reached more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[102,1906,6623,224,103899,103898,103900,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-248911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-social-media","tag-social-media-risks","tag-social-media-stress","tag-social-media-related-health-risks","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}