Report Read Out: Friendship and Community

In YPulse’s 2026 Friendship and Community Report, we dive into why making new friends gets harder once Gen Z ages out of school, how phones and social media are actually deepening friendships instead of replacing them, and why video games have overtaken social media as young people’s top source of community.

Tune in to this under-20-minute read-out of YPulse’s Friendship and Community Report (North America), presented by Content Research Coordinator Kayla Marino.