Gen Z really wants a phone break. Baby boomers? Not so much

Gen Z might be known as digital natives, but baby boomers are actually less willing to take breaks from their digital devices.



That’s according to a new study by Squarespace, the website-building company, which surveyed 4,000 adults in the United States, Canada, U.K., and Australia about their digital behavior. Here are some of the key insights.



The benefits of tech outweigh the downsides: 50% of Gen Z wants to take a break from their phone. This is higher than any other generation. By contrast, baby boomers are the least likely to want a break from their phones, with 20% saying so. However, 62% of respondents agreed that the flexibility smartphones offer outweigh the downsides of always being accessible. Websites are more trustworthy than social media: 55% of respondents said they trust the general internet for finding out information, compared to 12% of respondents who say they trust social media. This still applies to Gen Z, although only 41% of Gen Z say they prefer websites and 20% say they look to social media for information. The great outdoors can wait: Only 15% of respondents said they’d go a day without looking at a website, compared to 18% who said they’d go a day without talking to someone or 19% saying they’d go a day without going outside.