INTRODUCTION The usage of smartphones is increasing day by day and it has a major impact on the mental health and well being of people. This study is conducted to evaluate the pattern of smartphone usage and addiction among the general population in chennai. MATERIALS AND METHODS A set of questionnaires was circulated among 150 participants via an online platform. About 33 questions were circulated among the population at random and out of which 18 questions were selected to check the addiction level among the participants , and 2 questions were used to determine the attempts to reduce their smartphone usage. Pearson chi square test was used to analyse the data. RESULTS It was that about 73.33% were mildly addicted to smartphones and about 15.33% of the total population were severely addicted to smartphones.Pearson chi square test for association between educational status and low, medium and high level of addiction was done and the p value was 0.05 hence the values obtained is statistically significant. CONCLUSION Everything has its own pros and cons so it is in our hands to use it wisely.The smartphone addiction scale version questionnaire proved to be useful while conducting the survey to assess the smartphone usage and addiction level.

Addiction, Innovative method, Mobile, Smartphone ,Social media