A TikToker is documenting how she deals with loneliness as a single introvert in a bid to normalize having a less social life

• Devon Noehring has over 968,000 followers on TikTok where she shares the reality of living alone.
• Noehring shared her weekend routine alone in a TikTok viewed over 5 million times.

A TikToker shared the reality of life as an introverted, single woman living by herself in a series of popular videos, as part of a mission to normalize spending time alone.

On February 25, a TikToker who goes by Devon Noehring posted a video with the on-screen caption, "Weekends make me sad." In the upload, Noehring could be seen cleaning her apartment, sitting on her sofa, and watching the TV show "Friends" alone (with the exception of her pets). She said in a video voiceover that she loved being cozy at home, but on this Friday night she felt particularly lonely.

Throughout the upload, Noehring said she couldn't help feeling she was missing out on something "or doing this whole life thing wrong" and said she can get in her own head about having "no plans or no friends to hang out with" when the weekends roll around.

The video, which received over 5 million views, was part of a series in which Noehring documents her alone time and challenges herself to embrace her isolation and complete solo activities such as going to a farmers' market or taking herself to the movies.

Noehring did not specify the circumstances that led to her lack of social circle, however, in a video posted on January 15 in which she spoke about her weekend blues, she said that socializing "kind of scares the shit out of me."

Noehring, who has gained a TikTok following of over 968,000, often receives comments from viewers who said they can relate to her content, as they live a similar lifestyle.

In an upload posted on February 18 which received over 317,000 views, Noehring vlogged her Saturday morning routine which included taking herself out for lunch, and wrote in the caption, "Making these videos because I wish I saw more of this on TikTok hanging out alone is so much more normal than I realized and it's so nice to know."

Over 500 people commented, many of whom thanked the TikToker for being so open and transparent, while others shared how the videos had helped them personally. "This makes me feel so much better about spending my weekends alone," one viewer wrote in a top comment that received over 550 likes.

Others shared words of encouragement throughout Noehring's regular posts, suggesting she will eventually find the right people and make friends, or expressing their envy of her peaceful and independent life.

In a video posted on April 2 which received 349,000 views, Noehring continued to show her typical routine and addressed "the outpouring of support from people that related to me" on TikTok, and said it made her change her mindset about being alone, and she no longer dreaded the weekends.

"I've been encouraged to embrace my alone time, to seek discomfort, to learn to love my own company, and it's brought me peace when I felt like I had no one to talk to," she said in the video.

In January, Noehring showed she had some level of interaction with others in one TikTok which featured a visit to her family home as her little brother prepared dinner, and another where she toasted a drink on a Zoom call with two other people, beneath an on-screen caption that read her "socialization for the weekend entails a virtual happy hour."

According to a 2021 report from the US Census Bureau, the number of adults living alone has risen by 1% since 2011, with 37 million adults aged 18 and over living by themselves.

A 2023 survey conducted by Gallup also found 17% of US adults, an estimated 44 million people, reported feeling lonely "a lot of the day yesterday."

Noehring is an influencer with an additional 19,700 subscribers on YouTube where she posts similar, longer-form vlogs about her introverted weeks and weekends. She is also the co-host of a podcast called "So Glad We're Friends" with Maggie Maggie Emory and Brittany Brown, who describe themselves as "social media besties" in their podcast bio.

Noehring did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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