Recent research shows that “binge-watching addiction” may be associated with high levels of loneliness. Image Credit: Ibai Acevedo/Stocksy Binge-watching is a common practice that has become even more ...

Binge-watching has become the default for many people now, and I can understand why. Streaming services love it and encourage it, being set up to play the next episode as soon as the previous one ...

While many people binge-watch their favorite shows, binge-watching addiction is associated with loneliness, according to a study published January 21, 2026 in the open-access journal PLOS One by ...

A new study reveals that binge-watching TV or marathon reading helps build strong mental models of fictional worlds, leading viewers to vividly daydream and expand on those stories long after they ...

Let's face it, we all binge-watch. Maybe before 2020 rolled along, you could pretend that you didn't, but not now. In various surveys that support these claims, binge-watching is defined as watching ...