Telecommunications & Media
Teen smartphone overdependence hits 43 percent, highest in five years
The share of people in the smartphone overdependence risk group continued to fall overall, but it rose among teenagers, a government survey showed. The Ministry of Science and ICT said overall risk-group share slipped 0.2 percentage points from a year earlier to 22.7 percent, extending a decline since 2021. Teenagers aged 10 to 19 rose 0.4 points to 43.0 percent, and children aged 3 to 9 edged up to 26.0 percent.
