Young American men are experiencing a crisis of loneliness

Young man sitting alone, looking forlorn, in a darkened room (Credit: Getty Images)

Young men in the U.S. are among the loneliest in the western world, a new Gallup poll has found. 

Those between the ages of 15 and 34 reported feeling lonely more than their counterparts across 38 higher-income democratic countries—ahead of countries including France, Canada, Ireland, and Spain (and surpassed in loneliness only by young men in Turkey).