Shoutout to that study about how many friends people actually have

Jesse Hernandez · 2026-03-16T18:00:07.12066+00:00

Read a thing from some university saying the average adult has only 3 close friends. That seems way too low to me, honestly. How many people do you actually count as a real friend?

norar656mo ago

Yeah that number feels kinda sad. I've got maybe four or five people I'd drop everything for, and who would do the same. Quality over quantity for sure, but three still seems low. Makes you wonder how they even measure that stuff.

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kelly.keith5mo ago

Honestly, I made more real friends once I started saying yes to random invites.

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henderson.mason6mo ago

Wait, wasn't the study about people who feel they have zero close friends? I mean, that's the one I saw going around.

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