I see articles like that every one to three months for the last 10 years.

I remember in 2010 there was an investigation reporting about how how shocking amount of credit card debt Americans have or etc.

I’m sure there is basis in reality, but I think these “X-type of person is having financial issues” blog articles are popular because people identifying with that problem (as small of a number of people that maybe) love sharing and pointing to the article to justify their own troubles. This creates more ad revenue for the producer.