Nighttime social media use is affecting the sleep of one in five young people: study

1 in 5 teens are waking up in the night to use social media, affecting both their sleep and happiness suggests new research. © sapozhnik / Istock.com

New UK research has found that as many as one in five young people regularly wake up in the night to use social media. 

Carried out by Professor Sally Power, Co-Director (Cardiff) Wales Institute for Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD), the research looked at more than 900 school pupils aged between 12-15 years, who were asked to complete a questionnaire on their sleep and nighttime social media habits.