“The share of Americans who say they host friends or family at their home at least monthly has fallen from 42 percent in 1975 to 12 percent in 2026.”
Americans spend two more hours a day at home than they did in 2003. They invite nobody over. Half the drop in hosting happened between 1975 and 1998, before smartphones existed. Blaming the phone skips the first 25 years of the collapse.