Emma Stone explains her Instagram absence.

Emma Stone revealed why she does not use Instagram like the majority of Hollywood stars do these days.

The 37-year-old actress explained that rather than keep in touch with her peers and fans on social media, she stays offline to protect her 'mental health.' 

However, Stone did reveal that she is subscribed to one particular platform and uses it to 'lurk' and stay up to date on popular culture.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the Bugonia star shared how much time she really spends online while talking about the upcoming Super Bowl commercial she filmed with Bugonia director Yorgos Lanthimos for Squarespace.

In the commercial, which is set to air between the first two quarters on Super Bowl Sunday on February 8, Stone attempts to purchase and obtain a domain and make a website with her real name. 

Stone revealed that she was not only acting in the advertisement but had actually tried to make a website with her name and did purchase the domain. 

Emma Stone revealed why she does not use Instagram like the majority of Hollywood stars do these days; seen in January 

When asked about the possibilities she could do with her domain name and asked if she wanted to, for example, turn it into a lifestyle blog, she responded very matter-of-factly.

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'One hundred percent no,' the Oscar winner replied. 'That's why I don't even have Instagram.'

She continued: 'I'm too afraid of my own mental health to be engaged in that way, and that's why I'm such a lurker and love following other people's stuff.' 

Later, she addressed why she had never attempted to purchase and own the rights to her domain name in the past. 

'I don't know [why] I never actually did that,' she admitted before revealing she was an avid blog reader 'for so long,' and nowadays, she 'spends a lot of money' on Substack.

'Squarespace kind of had to deal with my lack of foresight. So I'm very grateful they did or else the commercial really would not have worked.'

She added: 'It would have been weird if you went to EmmaStone.com and it was... I don't even know what might have been going on over there.' 

The 37-year-old actress explained that rather than keep in touch with her peers and fans on social media, she stays offline to protect her 'mental health' 

Stone stars in an upcoming Super Bowl commercial for Squarespace, which she filmed with Bugonia director Yorgos Lanthimos

Elsewhere during the interview, she said that when she was younger, she was 'very into building kind of prototypical sites.' 

'I was really into that,' she said before recalling how she once 'built a presentation for class' when she was in elementary school.' 

'I also remember the LiveJournal time, and I was such a blog reader for so long,' she added. 

'It was like my favorite thing, and so now I'm truly one of the Substack freaks. I'm spending a lot of money on Substack,' she admitted.

She revealed that on Substack, she is subscribed to multiple blogs and reads 'a lot of fashion content' as well as creative writing and even 'a little bit of the gossipy stuff.' 

Her forthcoming Super Bowl commercial premiere on February 8 comes ahead of the Academy Awards on March 15. 

However, Stone did reveal that she is subscribed to one particular platform and uses it to 'lurk' and stay up to date on popular culture; seen in 2025 

At the forthcoming Academy Awards on March 15, Stone received a nod for her performance in Bugonia. The film is also nominated in the Best Picture category

At the Oscars this year, Stone is nominated for Best Actress for her performance in Lanthimos's Bugonia. 

She is up against Hamnet's Jessie Buckley, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You's Rose Byrne, Song Sung Blue's Kate Hudson as well as Sentimental Value Renate Reinsve. 

She also worked as a producer on the film alongside Lanthimos, whom she previously collaborated with for her Oscar-winning role in Poor Things. 

Bugonia also received a nod for Best Picture and is up against the likes of fellow nominated films: F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, The Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners and Train Dreams.