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This Is the Average Number of Close Friends—and It’s Kind of Depressing

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03.11.2025
Somewhere between paying bills and checking emails, friendship slipped down the priority list. A new Talker Research survey of 2,000 adults found the average American now has just 3.6 close friends, a number that keeps shrinking every year. Over the past decade, people say they’ve lost around nine friendships. Distance ended half of them. Life […] The post This Is the Average Number of Close Friends—and It’s Kind of Depressing appeared first on VICE.

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