A recent US report discovers that Gen Zs are the loneliest generation today

Despite their digital connectivity, 67% of Gen Z report being lonely, says the 2025 Cigna Group report titled Loneliness in America. Photo: Freepik

We are more connected than ever before, with our high-speed internet, pinging smartphones and ever-updating apps and social media networks.

And yet, we are also lonelier than ever, especially younger generations who are even more likely to be on their digital devices for longer periods of time. Gen Z, it turns out, is the loneliest generation of them all, according to the 2025 Cigna Group report “Loneliness in America.”