"Nearly one in four people worldwide — which translates into more than a billion people — feel very or fairly lonely, according to a recent Meta-Gallup survey of more than 140 countries.”

“Notably, these numbers could be even higher. The survey represents approximately 77% of the world’s adults because it was not asked in the second-most populous country in the world, China.”

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/512618/almost-quarter-world-feels-lonely.aspx

The thing about loneliness is everybody thinks they’re the exception