Neal Freiman

It's contributed to a perplexing but sustained decline in happiness

For people in English-speaking countries, for the second year in a row, no English-speaking country appears in the top 10 on the World Happiness Report.

The U.S.

is 23rd.

The U.K.

dropped to 29th, its lowest ranking ever.

Australia is 15th.

It used to be fourth.

And Ireland, 13th.

So who is happy?

No surprise here.

Finland and the rest of the Nordics, which continue to dominate the leaderboard.

Finland was the happiest country for the ninth time in the last decade, while other Nordic countries like Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway were all in the top 10.

Toby, what stood out to you?

Yeah, and the report also says we should be watching what's happening in Australia.

Australia just banned social media for anyone under the age of 16.

A number of other countries and states in the United States have rallied around this particular concept of banning social media for kids under 16.

So they said we need to watch.

This is a very...

important global experiment because we have found that social media, especially visual-based, algorithmic-driven media, has led to unhappiness.