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Although most youth around the world are perceived as happier today than they were 20 years ago, it's not true for the United States, other English‐speaking countries and parts of Western Europe, CNN reported. That's according to the latest World Happiness Report, which is released annually on the International Day of Happiness, designated by the United Nations as March 20. Social media may be in part to blame, and this year's happiness report found that youth who used social media more than five hours daily reported a lower level of well‐being. The survey covers 96% of the world's population in at least 140 countries annually, using a mix of in‐person and phone interviews conducted in respondents' native languages, Ilana Ron Levey, managing director at Gallup, told CNN. Researchers saw “declines in youth well‐being in a subset of developed countries, particularly the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand,” Ron Levey said. The survey data also revealed happiness declines in France, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.