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The Internet is a stream of communication and technology developments are rapidly evolving annually. Internet is used as information media and media communication that provides much convenience to its users. One of the media communication through the Internet that is liked by the community is social media. Based on the press release No 53 Kominfo year 2018 social media users based on age indicated by the community who are 19-34 years old is 49.52% and the community 13-18 year is 75.50%. Social media usage of course has a positive and negative impact, the positive impact among others makes it easier for one to interact, expand associations and facilitate the dissemination of information, while the negative impact can lead to cyberbulliying, eye disorders, stress even depression. Objectives : This research aims to see the relationship between the use of social media to the level of stress in teenagers in State Junior High School 2 Dukun Magelang District 2019. Method: The method used in this study is to use Cross-Sectional design, using the Random Sampling technique. Data is collected through the spread of questionnaires, using samples of 120 respondents in accordance with inclusion criteria. The test used was Spearmans Rank Correlation. Results: Statistical test results showed that there was a significant link between the use of social media with the level of stress on teenagers in State Junior High School 2 Dukun Magelang District 2019 with a value of P value: 0.002 < 0.05. The strength of the correlate indicates a very weak level (0.276). The direction of the coordinates is positive, meaning that the higher the use of social media, the higher the stress level that teenagers experience. Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between the use of social media with the level of stress in teenagers in State Junior High School 2 Dukun Magelang District 2019. Advice : Parents are expected to restrict or control adolescents in the use of social media, giving free time to interact more with adolescents and listen to the problem.