⛓️💥 Social relationships provide one of the most reliable paths to happiness, but sometimes life gets in the way. Yet, people are surprisingly hesitant to reconnect – by better understanding why, we can learn how to encourage people to reach out.👇 doi.org/10.1038/s442...

Deaths of despair are preventable deaths due to suicide, alcohol abuse, and drug overdose. Encouragingly, increases in prosocial behaviours are reliably connected to decreasing deaths of despair around the world. Read more in Ch6 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

Your money can buy happiness for others. But the cost-effectiveness of donations, measured by wellbeing-years (WELLBYs), varies dramatically between charities. Discover the five charities that have the lowest cost per WELLBY, according to @happierlives.bsky.social research in #WHR2025.

🫠 We know that reaching out to an old friend will make us happy, so why does it feel so difficult? Listen to Lara Aknin discuss the social psychology behind our hesitance to reconnect on this episode of Behind the Data👇 shows.acast.com/behind-the-d...

🎒 What makes for a happy adolescence? The exact factors vary for every individual, but analysis of data collected from over 90,000 15-year-olds across 13 OECD countries reveals some persistent indicators correlated with satisfaction with life. Read more in Ch3 of #WHR2024👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

NEW: We’ve assembled a global team of leading researchers to examine the association between social media and #wellbeing for World Happiness Report 2026.👇

💰 Does money make us happier? While richer countries generally exhibit higher average levels of #wellbeing, this correlation is significantly influenced by social variables – like healthy life expectancy and social support. Read more, via ‪@cep-lse.bsky.social‬ 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

💜💖 When it comes to social connections, both *quantity* and *quality* are important for our #wellbeing. Read more in Ch5 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

Since most of us spend around a third of our lives at work, isn’t it about time we started taking workplace #wellbeing seriously? Read more 👉 mailchi.mp/worldhappine... Subscribe 👉 worldhappiness.report/subscribe/

3️⃣ Caring for, and sharing with, other people feels good. And we can amplify the #wellbeing benefit of caring and sharing in the context of three Cs: caring connections, choice, and clear positive impact. Read more in Ch2 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

🥰 Social media is an invaluable source of data for #wellbeing research: researchers can study emotional experiences by analysing publicly-available posts (emojis and all!). Read more in Ch4 of #WHR2022👇 www.worldhappiness.report/ed/2022/usin... | #WorldEmojiDay

↔️ Of the 19 countries that have gained a point or more on the 0–10 scale of life evaluation since 2010-2012, 12 are in Central and Eastern Europe, reflecting the European happiness convergence that has been clear for more than a decade.

🇮🇳 Average life evaluation in India has never passed 5 (out of 10), though it has been steadily climbing since 2020. #WorldPopulationDay

🧒 Childhood and adolescence are important stages of life in their own right – but they are also hugely consequential for our future #wellbeing.👇

🟣⚪️⚪️⚪️ In 2023, roughly 1 in 4 Americans reported eating all of their meals alone the previous day – an increase of 53% since 2003. Read more in Ch3 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

💪 Social connection is vital for our #wellbeing, and especially that of young adults: connecting with others buffers from the toxic effects of stress and significantly enhances subjective wellbeing during young adulthood. Read more in Ch5 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

💼 Happiness at work isn’t just good for people – it’s also good for the bottom line. Companies with higher employee #wellbeing scores outperform their counterparts in multiple measures of firm performance: increased firm value, higher return on assets, and bigger profits.

🇬🇧 The World Wellbeing Movement estimates that nearly 7 million people – around 13% of the adult population – are living below the Happiness Poverty Line in the UK. Read more in the 2025 UK Wellbeing Report, endorsed by the World Happiness Report👇 worldwellbeingmovement.org/uk-wellbeing...

👀 Want to compare Costa Rica and Cambodia, or take a look at Libya and Luxembourg? How about examining Ecuador and Estonia? Dive into our open-access Happiness Dashboard, powered by Gallup, and explore global #wellbeing data over the past two decades.👇 data.worldhappiness.report

⏳ There’s still time to submit your chapter proposal for World Happiness Report 2026, taking a closer look at the relationship between social media and subjective #wellbeing. Find out more👇 worldhappiness.report/news/submit-...

📲 We’re inviting chapter proposals from researchers around the world for World Happiness Report 2026, taking a closer look at the relationship between social media and subjective #wellbeing. Find out more and submit your proposal by Sunday 15 June👇 worldhappiness.report/news/submit-...

📚 Happy International Archives Day! Did you know that every chapter of *every* World Happiness Report is available on our website, free-of-charge? Dive into our #wellbeing research archive👇 worldhappiness.report/analysis/

#️⃣ The relationship between social media and subjective #wellbeing is complex. In our latest email newsletter, we take a look at some of the current evidence. Read more 👉 mailchi.mp/worldhappine... Subscribe 👉 worldhappiness.report/subscribe/

🤲 Some countries are kinder than others, yet it is the *belief* in the kindness of other people that is more closely linked with population #wellbeing than actual reported instances of benevolent acts. Read more in Ch2 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr... | #VolunteersWeek

🥰 Findings published in World Happiness Report 2025 show that belief in the kindness of others is a strong predictor of population #wellbeing, yet we are far too pessimistic about levels of benevolence among our neighbours. Read more in Ch2 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

🧑‍💻 World Happiness Report 2026 will focus on the relationship between social media and subjective #wellbeing, featuring a chapter from ‪@jonathanhaidt.bsky.social, author of The Anxious Generation. Find out more and submit your own proposal by Sunday 15 June👇 worldhappiness.report/news/submit-...

🗣️ “People consistently and universally underestimate the kindness of others.” Read more via CNBC Make It 👇 www.cnbc.com/2025/05/29/a...

😢 When asked to rate their lives, the average response among the population of Afghanistan is just 1.36 out of 10. For Afghan women, it is even lower – just 1.16.

💰 Governments spend billions on our behalf – but how can we ensure policies create the conditions for happy, healthy lives? Here, a series of current and proposed UK policies are presented by their #wellbeing benefit relative to their net cost.👇

🏛️ Rational, not radical. How can a government best serve its people? To us, the answer is clear.👇

🎢 Our day-to-day lives are full of ups and downs, but when are we at our happiest? George MacKerron (@jawj.prof) and @alexbryson.bsky.social used data from 20,000+ individuals to examine which activities have the greatest effect on our happiness. Full paper 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ecoj...

➡️⬅️ The European Happiness Gap is closing: quality of life in Central and Eastern Europe has been rising towards that in Western Europe throughout the almost 20 years of the Gallup World Poll. Explore our Happiness Dashboard👇 data.worldhappiness.report

🇩🇪 No nation better demonstrates the closing European Happiness Gap than the reunified Germany. Read more 👉 mailchi.mp/worldhappine... Subscribe 👉 worldhappiness.report/subscribe/

🌍 Europe is home to 14 of the top 20 happiest countries in the world, but such domination of our rankings hides an intriguing story of convergence. Subscribe for an exclusive, closer look at the changes to happiness in Europe, coming this Wednesday.👇 worldhappiness.report/subscribe/

🗣️ “Going out has become like working out: we feel better after doing it, but it takes energy to get started.” Read more via Greater Good Magazine👇

💡 Belief in the kindness of others is critical to our #wellbeing.

GOOD NEWS: People are kinder than we expect them to be! BAD NEWS: The consequences of this empathy perception gap are profound – social risk avoidance can lead to missed opportunities to connect and learn from others. Read more in Ch5 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

To celebrate #AfricanWorldHeritageDay, let’s look at which countries are happiest in Africa... ⬆️🇲🇺 Mauritius, 5.832 ⬆️🇱🇾 Libya, 5.820 ⬆️🇩🇿 Algeria, 5.571 ⬇️🇿🇼 Zimbabwe, 3.396 ⬇️🇲🇼 Malawi, 3.260 ⬇️🇸🇱 Sierra Leone, 2.998 Explore our Happiness Dashboard👇 data.worldhappiness.report

🇺🇸 Social trust has fallen, on average, among all age groups in the United States over the past two decades. Read more in Ch7 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

↔ Unhappy people are attracted by the extremes of the political spectrum. Low-trust people are found more often on the far right, whereas high-trust people are more inclined to vote for the far left. Read more in Ch7 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

🗣️ “In other words, we should focus more on subjective #wellbeing: how satisfied people are with their lives based on what they say matters most to them.” Read more via Vox (requires subscription)👇

⬆ You have an opportunity to make a far greater difference to world happiness – at no extra cost to yourself – simply by changing where you donate.

💯 The best charities are hundreds of times better at increasing happiness per dollar than others. Read more in Ch8 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

🔍 Before comparing the impact of policies, programmes or charities on #wellbeing, it’s critical to establish a universal measure. That’s where the WELLBY comes in. Read more in Ch8 of #WHR 2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

😋 People who share more meals with others are, on average, happier than those who dine alone. We see an upward trend in life evaluations – albeit a subtle, uneven one – as the number of shared meals increases. Read more in Ch3 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

🍕 The social connections forged in sharing a meal are felt far beyond the dining table.

🪑 Pull up a seat – this is the evidence between meal sharing and happiness that we can’t afford to ignore. Read more 👉 mailchi.mp/worldhappine... Subscribe 👉 worldhappiness.report/subscribe/

🟣⚪️⚪️⚪️ In 2023, roughly 1 in 4 Americans reported eating all of their meals alone the previous day – an increase of 53% since 2003, according to data presented in World Happiness Report 2025.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 How many meals did you eat with someone you know last week? Research shows there is significant variation in the rates of meal sharing across the world. Read more Ch3 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...

Since the year 2000, the number of deaths of despair has declined in nearly 75% of these 59 countries. ⬅️ Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia ➡️ United States, Republic of Korea, Slovakia Read more in Ch6 of #WHR2025👇 doi.org/10.18724/whr...