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Study: Schoolwide phone bans show no significant impact on mental health

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#19Peak rank
1Days on list
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Oct 30, 2026First seen

On Hacker News

Points
5
Comments
1
Submitted by
giuliomagnifico
Posted
Oct 28, 2026
Site
jamanetwork.com

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Trending history

Study: Schoolwide phone bans show no significant impact on mental health was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 30, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 17 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #19 of 30, reached on Oct 30, 04:52 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 30, 06:22 UTC.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 02:0703:1104:1405:1806:22 Oct 30, 02:07 UTC · #30Oct 30, 02:22 UTC · #29Oct 30, 02:37 UTC · #28Oct 30, 02:52 UTC · #27Oct 30, 03:07 UTC · #23Oct 30, 03:22 UTC · #22Oct 30, 03:37 UTC · #21Oct 30, 03:52 UTC · #21Oct 30, 04:07 UTC · #21Oct 30, 04:22 UTC · #20Oct 30, 04:37 UTC · #20Oct 30, 04:52 UTC · #19Oct 30, 05:07 UTC · #20Oct 30, 05:22 UTC · #19Oct 30, 05:37 UTC · #19Oct 30, 05:52 UTC · #21Oct 30, 06:22 UTC · #22

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0193857 02:0703:1104:1405:1806:22 Oct 30, 02:07 UTC · 5Oct 30, 02:22 UTC · 12Oct 30, 02:37 UTC · 18Oct 30, 02:52 UTC · 22Oct 30, 03:07 UTC · 28Oct 30, 03:22 UTC · 31Oct 30, 03:37 UTC · 34Oct 30, 03:52 UTC · 36Oct 30, 04:07 UTC · 39Oct 30, 04:22 UTC · 45Oct 30, 04:37 UTC · 47Oct 30, 04:52 UTC · 51Oct 30, 05:07 UTC · 52Oct 30, 05:22 UTC · 52Oct 30, 05:37 UTC · 54Oct 30, 05:52 UTC · 54Oct 30, 06:22 UTC · 57

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

... for youth in Iceland aged 13 to 15 years in February 2016, February 2018, and November 2023. Apparently they did not control for medication or supplements, such as vitamin D treatments , artificial UV light exposure, or antidepressants. Alternate interpretation: when it's dark for half the year your mental health…

Questions

Is Study: Schoolwide phone bans show no significant impact on mental health trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 30, 06:22 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Study: Schoolwide phone bans show no significant impact on mental health reached?

#19 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 30, 04:52 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Study: Schoolwide phone bans show no significant impact on mental health been trending?

It was first seen on Oct 30, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (17 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

5 points and 1 comment; submitted by giuliomagnifico on Oct 28, 2026.