Gen Z Drives ₹7,900 Crore Digital Detox Market as 63% Pull Back From Screens

1 articles · Updated · Bhaskar English · Aug 7

₹7,900 crore is the projected 2026 value of the digital detox app market as Gen Z increasingly pays to curb phone use.
₹3,000 to ₹16,000 subscriptions for apps such as Freedom, Opal and One Sec, along with timed lockboxes, are gaining traction as young users try to block notifications and compulsive scrolling.
63% of Gen Z users are deliberately distancing themselves from phones and other devices, citing damage to attention, peace of mind and real-world relationships.
Flip phones, no-phone meetups and physical phone safes show the shift is spreading beyond apps into broader habits, helping push annual market growth of 12% to 16% and a projected ₹14,700 crore market by 2032.