Eh? That isn't an accurate picture you paint, at least in the UK: https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/dvc2132/heatmap/datadownload.xlsx https://www.ons.gov.u

Eh? That isn't an accurate picture you paint, at least in the UK: https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/dvc2132/heatmap/datadownload.xlsx https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/dvc2132/heatmap/datado... Teen suicides first peaked in 1998 at 6.1 per 100,000. The numbers are noisy but it looks like it declines to a lower level of 3-4 in the 2005-2013 period (with an all time low of 3.1 in 2010 but still low at 3.6 at 2012), then starts to increase again to the 4-5 range, before covid gives it a giant spike to 6.5. Teen suicides in the 90s were higher than the 21st century at between 5.0 and 6.1. Social media and cellphones, if they are a factor, aren't dominant enough to be distinguished from the noise.