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Why a Record Number of Americans Are Choosing to Live Alone — and What the Research Says About What It’s Really Costing Them
37 million Americans now live alone. New research shows the health and financial outcomes diverge sharply based on one critical variable: whether that solitude was chosen or imposed.
Why Adult Friendships Are Quietly Disappearing in 2026 (and What Actually Brings Them Back)
Twelve percent of Americans now have zero close friends, four times the rate in 1990. The friendship recession is structural, not personal, and what works to reverse it is more boring than you think.
Why Adult Friendships Quietly Disappear in Your 30s — And What the Research Actually Says About Getting Them Back
Adult friendships aren’t disappearing because people stopped caring. They’re disappearing because the architecture that used to hold them in place — proximity, shared time, third places — has been quietly disassembled. The research, the data, and what actually works to rebuild.