Abstract This paper summarizes the psychological impacts of passive social media use on adolescents by systematically reviewing the existing domestic and foreign literature about passive social media use. The results showed that the psychological impacts of passive social media use included cognitive outcomes (self concept clarity, self esteem), affective outcomes (depression, anxiety, envy, loneliness), subjective well being (life satisfaction), more types of social media (social short form video), detailed information on forms of passive use, as well as possible impacts (positive psychological, social, and behavioral outcomes) on teenagers and college students should be exlpored by utilizing multiple methods(longitudinal study, the grounded theory) are expected in future studies.