Gaming Disorder: What the Evidence Shows
Estimates of gaming disorder range from 0.3% to 10%. What research shows about the WHO diagnosis, who is affected, and whether time limits work.
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A Teenager Would Need Sixty-Three More Hours of Screen Time a Day to Move Their Wellbeing Half a Standard Deviation.
File photo: a teenager texting on a smartphone. Photo: Summer Skyes 11, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. In the news · June 2026 A Eurobarometer survey of 26,297 teenagers and 12,750 parents across the EU, carried out in March and April 2026, found that 25% of teens exceed six hours of daily screen time…
