Personality · FoMO
Fear of missing out check
How true is each statement of you?
Timeframe: your general tendency
For self-understanding only, not a diagnosis · you can exit anytime; answers are not saved or uploaded
About this instrument
The FoMO scale (Fear of Missing Out), published by Przybylski and colleagues in 2013, is the standard measure in research on social media and wellbeing. The score describes a common psychological tendency, not an illness. Answer intuitively; scoring happens on your device.
FoMO — the pervasive worry that others are having rewarding experiences you are absent from — was formalized into a 10-item scale by Przybylski's team in 2013 and remains the standard measure in this field.
Scoring sums the ten items for 10-50, with no official diagnostic cutoff. The bands here are descriptive ranges to help place your relative position.
Higher FoMO consistently tracks with heavier social media use, more bedtime scrolling, lower need satisfaction and lower wellbeing in the literature. It is a malleable tendency, not a fixed trait.
Source: FoMO Scale · Przybylski, Murayama, DeHaan & Gladwell (2013) · Published instrument; widely used in research · Original source
Item preview (10)
How true is each statement of you?
- I fear others have more rewarding experiences than me
- I fear my friends have more rewarding experiences than me
- I get worried when I find out my friends are having fun without me
- I get anxious when I don't know what my friends are up to
- It is important that I understand my friends' 'in jokes'
- Sometimes I wonder if I spend too much time keeping up with what is going on
- It bothers me when I miss an opportunity to meet up with friends
- When I have a good time, it is important to me to share the details online (e.g., updating my status)
- When I miss out on a planned get-together, it bothers me
- When I go on vacation, I continue to keep tabs on what my friends are doing