#loneliness

73% of ChatGPT conversations are now personal. Replika has 40 million users. As AI companions go mainstream, the real question isn't whether they work—it's what they reveal about us.

Friendship apps generated $16M and 4.3M downloads in the US in 2025. As loneliness becomes a public health crisis, a new app category is betting that algorithms can do what organic adult life can't.

Individual therapy dominates mental health discourse, but group therapy offers unique advantages for loneliness, shame, and connection issues. Here's why we're missing out on collective healing.