News 8% of people in the UK often feel lonely

[Hoppipolla]

ChatGPT told me 9% but this says 7.5% ish.

Facts and Statistics - Campaign to End Loneliness

The latest facts and statistics about loneliness help us to learn more about the risk factors and how loneliness affects our lives.

www.campaigntoendloneliness.org

I guess it's in that ballpark.

That's a lot of people. Strange how you can never really "detect" it in society.

 

[Wolnir]

That's a pretty low percentage. Most of that percentage is incels and old people.

 

[Hoppipolla]

That's a pretty low percentage. Most of that percentage is incels and old people.

Almost 1 in 10 though. That means that just walking around, a lot of people you pass at least here will be pretty lonely.

I thought it was much rarer than that.

 

[Hoppipolla]

Here's what ChatGPT said:

"... in 2018, the UK government published a strategy to combat loneliness, which included research findings that suggested that around 9% of adults in the UK often or always feel lonely."

2018!! So that was before covid and cost of living and stuff. It must surely be above 10% by now.

 

[Nig nog pilled]

Here's what ChatGPT said:

"... in 2018, the UK government published a strategy to combat loneliness, which included research findings that suggested that around 9% of adults in the UK often or always feel lonely."

2018!! So that was before covid and cost of living and stuff. It must surely be above 10% by now.

Worse id say 50 precent

 

[gymletethnicel]

That's giga low

 

[Wolnir]

Almost 1 in 10 though. That means that just walking around, a lot of people you pass at least here will be pretty lonely.

I thought it was much rarer than that.

There's a difference between feeling lonely and actually being lonely. Becky can get railed by 15 chads at the weekend and still feel lonely.

 

[Hoppipolla]

There's a difference between feeling lonely and actually being lonely. Becky can get railed by 15 chads at the weekend and still feel lonely.

Good point.