Poland: social networkers who suffer from FOMO by age 2022

This statistic provides information on the share of Polish internet users, broken down by age group, who are afraid of missing something such as an event, news, or important status updates if they do not keep an eye on their social networks. During a survey in 2022, it was found that nearly every third of internet users from the youngest group of respondents suffered from high FOMO*.

Share of Polish internet users who are afraid of missing out on news on social networks in 2022, by age

Characteristic	High FOMO	Mid FOMO	Low FOMO
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Release date

January 2023

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Region

Poland

Survey time period

October 23-30, 2022

Number of respondents

1,083 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

Internet users

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

* According to Andrew K. Przybylski, Kou Murayama, Cody R. DeHaan, Valerie Gladwell publication titled "Motivational, emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out" - Fear of Missing Out, popularly referred to as FOMO is defined as a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent. FOMO is characterized by the desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing.

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