The Friendship Recession
This website will list all the recent articles I can find which mentioned the so-called “friendship recession.”
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Latest Articles
42 Thoughts on Join or Die and Bowling Alone
7 min read
I was thinking today about the movie Join or Die, based on the book Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam, and how it all…
Are we in a Friendship Recession? Half of adults didn’t make a new friend last year
3 min read
I read a good article on Yahoo! that I want to talk about here. It literally talks about the “Friendship…
Making friends as an adult is hard. Here’s the secret.
8 min read
This is such a good article. It was originally published in November, 2025 on the Washington Post by Maggie Penman….
Friendship Recession: Why We’re More Alone Than Ever
3 min read
Americans are facing a friendship crisis. Recent studies show nearly half of adults struggle to make and maintain meaningful friendships,…
Why Is the Loneliness Epidemic So Hard to Cure?
24 min read
Maybe because we aren’t thinking about it in the right way. Original article here, written by Matthew Shaer for the…
Are We in a ‘Friendship Recession’?: StyleBlueprint by Alissa Harb (March 2023)
5 min read
Original article here, written by Alissa Harb for StyleBlueprint in March 2023. There has been plenty of talk of an…