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Doomscrolling

Doomscrolling meaning

The practice of continually reading Internet news about catastrophic events. | Continuously and aimlessly consuming any content on social media, particularly sites that utilize a scrolling format, such as Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.

Example sentences (6)

Doomscrolling is when you are constantly scrolling on social media platforms and consuming endless amounts of bad news.

For Yokesh A., 24, a consultant, watching true crime documentaries on YouTube, listening to music, or doomscrolling through social media are his ways of bed-rotting.

I can’t play the violin at four in the morning so I end up texting people or doomscrolling, which is the worst thing to do.

There are a million and one things wrong with this country, but if all I do is sit online doomscrolling, I’m not actually helping anything.

NPR has a good rundown on what doomscrolling means, but the term itself is pretty self-explanatory.

Poetry and podcasts have become the best balms for anxious minds doomscrolling this year.