Over 4 in 10 teens say social media harms their sleep

One last message on Snapchat, one last video on TikTok, one last thread on Reddit... For many teenagers, social media isn't just occupying their free time, it's also eating away at their hours of sleep.

- Citizen reporter

According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Centre, 45% of 13 to 17-year-olds claim that their use of social networking sites interferes with the amount of sleep they get.

Whether it's the compulsive checking of news feeds, the anxious wait for a reply to a message or the temptation to watch "just one more video", these habits have become almost commonplace, but they seriously disrupt biological rhythms.

According to a study by the Pew Research Centre, more than four in 10 teenagers (45%) recognise that, generally speaking, social networks harm the amount of sleep they get. But that's not their only collateral damage.