The Friendship Paradox Explained

“Here’s an uncomfortable truth: On average, your friends have more friends than

you. No. That’s not a feeling. That’s statistics. This is called the

friendship paradox. People with lots of friends appear more often in friend lists.

Meaning: The more social someone is, the more likely you are to compare

yourself to them. So you’re not comparing yourself to the average person. You’re comparing

yourself to the most popular ones. That’s sampling bias. In short:

You’re not unsocial. Statistics are just mean.”