The Average Number Of Friends People Have Is A Lot Lower Than I Thought

<script>!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);</script><script id="690dc96ce4b094b50cf96688">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb","mediaId":"62bd02dc-3365-468f-b642-1854a4613f20"}).render("690dc96ce4b094b50cf96688");});</script><div class="content-list-component text"><p>According to the <a href="https://www.who.int/teams/social-determinants-of-health/demographic-change-and-healthy-ageing/social-isolation-and-loneliness" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">World Health Organisation (WHO)</a>, social isolation and loneliness are increasingly being recognised as public health issues across all age groups. </p><p>One in six people worldwide, the WHO added, face the problem, which they say can have “a serious impact on physical and mental health, quality of life, and longevity”. </p><p>That is not to say, of course, that having a small friend group necessarily means you feel lonely. But new figures <a href="https://talkerresearch.com/what-causes-friendships-to-fade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">from Talker Research </a>have found that the number of mates people have on average has shrunk once again.</p><p>And Gen Z reported a higher number of friendships fading in the past 10 years (10.4)