82% of People in Their 20s and 30s Say "It's Harder to Make Friends as Adults"

WIPPY Announces Survey of 587 Users

Eight out of 10 people in their 20s and 30s said they find it harder to make new friends as adults.

Enrise announced on November 12 the results of a survey on friendships and demand for neighborhood friends among adults, conducted with 587 users of WIPPY, a social dating app.

According to the survey, 40.6% said making friends had become "much more difficult" since becoming an adult compared with their school years, while 41.6% said it had become "somewhat more difficult." Together, these responses accounted for 82.2%. By gender, 84.2% of men and 75% of women said making friends had become more difficult.

Infographic: A Report on Friendships Among People in Their 20s and 30s. NRISE

The most common reason respondents gave for finding it difficult to make friends was "not having enough opportunities to meet new people naturally," at 65.1%. This was followed by "not having enough time because of work or daily life" (31.5%), "finding it difficult to develop a lasting relationship even after meeting someone new" (21.7%), and "finding it difficult to meet people whose interests or values align with theirs" (20.7%).

Asked whether it was more difficult to find a romantic partner or make friends, the most common response was "meeting a romantic partner is more difficult," at 43.9%.

Many respondents also said that even though they had existing friends, they lacked someone to meet when they wanted. A total of 86.8% said they had experienced feeling that they had no one to meet right away that day or over the weekend, even though they had close friends. Also, 78.3% said they had experienced growing distant from friends after moving farther apart geographically or shifting to different areas of daily activity. In addition, 59.9% said it was important for new friends to live or work nearby.

A WIPPY representative said, "Going forward, WIPPY will expand its features so people can comfortably build a variety of relationships in their daily lives, including neighborhood and hobby-based friendships, as well as romantic relationships."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.