10% of Americans have no close friends. The share who have no close friends rose from 3% in 1991 to 12% in 2021. The share who have 10 or more close friends has also fallen from 33% to 13%.

Muad'Dibber · 2 years ago

10% of Americans have no close friends. The share who have no close friends rose from 3% in 1991 to 12% in 2021. The share who have 10 or more close friends has also fallen from 33% to 13%.

@201dberg@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years ago

Perhaps I should just make a dating profile that’s says I just want some friend to hang out with, make soap, ferment foods, discuss communist propaganda, watch old movies, and drink.

@redtea@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years ago

If you make a profile like that, though, you’ll sound cool af and your phone won’t stop pinging.

@201dberg@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years ago

“Also I still live at my parents house.”

Crickets won’t even chirp

@redtea@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years ago

I know that feeling. But it’s so common nowadays that many others will be in the same boat…

@Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml · 2 years ago

You should start a fight club

10% of Americans have no close friends. The share who have no close friends rose from 3% in 1991 to 12% in 2021. The share who have 10 or more close friends has also fallen from 33% to 13%.

10% of Americans have no close friends. The share who have no close friends rose from 3% in 1991 to 12% in 2021. The share who have 10 or more close friends has also fallen from 33% to 13%.

The State of American Friendship: Change, Challenges, and Loss - The Survey Center on American Life