Public Report

Social media’s impact on self-esteem

Society is concerned about social media's influence on teens’ self-esteem, especially on the self-esteem of girls. The perfect pictures and the beauty filters could make them insecure. In this study, we asked teens how they think social media affects their self-esteem. What the results show: About a quarter of teens (23%) think social media have a good influence on how they feel about themselves. On the other hand, a whopping 36% think that social media have a bad influence on how they feel about themselves. The remaining proportion (41%) think that social media have no influence on how they feel about themselves.

Gender

Figure 4 - Perceived influence of social media on self-esteem for boys and girls