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The current study focused on the impact of social media usage on students' academic achievement in mathematics. The descriptive study was based on two research hypotheses using an unknown senior secondary student population. One hundred and twenty-one pupils from Avinash Junior College in Secunderabad were selected randomly. A four-point Likert rating system, which was part of the self-developed "Influence of Social Media on Academic Achievement in Mathematics" tool, was used to gather the students' opinions regarding social media usage and mathematical academic achievement. We used t-test and other statistical measures including the Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (1) to determine the type of relationship between social media usage and math academic success and (2) to find the relationship between students' actual usage of social media and their opinions on social media usage. The study discovered that social media's addictive qualities have a detrimental effect on students' academic achievement. A lack of time management leads students to spend more time on social media, which negatively impacts their mathematical performance. There is a negative correlation between students' actual usage of social media and their opinions on social media usage. So, students are unable to implement what they think actually about social media due to its attractiveness. Ultimately they are diverting towards too much usage of social media though they know the fact that it spoils their academic scores in mathematics. From random samples from the unknown population, it was found that the average usage of social media by senior secondary students is 132 minutes and the average mark in math tests is 72. Also, we found that the majority of students are spending on Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Google search engines. The present research results suggest that all educational institutions should establish regulations that limit or monitor students' use of social media, with parental involvement. Additionally, the government should monitor cyberspace and prohibit websites that are harmful to students' mental health.