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Technological developments have facilitated access to the internet, which is used in almost every area of life for many purposes such as communication, information acquisition, shopping, entertainment, and leisure time. Considering the positive and negative effects that the internet can create, it can be said that the purpose and duration of use are important. One of the purposes of internet use is that individuals spend time on social media in their leisure time and want to be informed about developments. Widespread internet use can also bring addiction along with individuals' desire to stay connected all the time. From this point of view, our study aims to examine the relationship between fear of missing out and internet addiction in terms of some variables in the context of leisure time activities. A total of 411 university students, 228 female (M=21.03±3.36), 183 male (M=21.14±2.92), participated in the study designed in the relational screening model. In order to obtain information about the participants, a demographic information form with various questions, the Fear of Missing Out Scale (FoMO) and the Young Internet Addiction Test-Short Form (YIAT-SF) were used to obtain data. In the analysis of the data, t-test, ANOVA, MANOVA and Pearson correlation analysis were used. It was determined that the university students participating in the study had approximately 6 hours of leisure time per day and spent most of this time on the internet. It was determined that the participants used the internet mostly for social media and that the daily social media usage time was approximately 4 hours. The analysis results show that the main effect of the class variable of the university students participating in the study on the subscale of the FoMO was significant. According to the ANOVA analysis results, there was a statistically significant difference only in the personal fear of missing out subscale mean scores of the FoMO . In addition, the average score that the participants received from YIAT-KF differed significantly according to the class variable. It was determined that the main effect of the leisure time preference variable of the students participating in the study on the subscale of the FoMO was not significant, but there was a statistically significant difference only in the social fear of missing out subscale mean scores of the FoMO . However, it was determined that there was a significant difference in the YIAT-KF mean scores according to the leisure time preference. It was observed that there were significant and positive relationships between the participants' internet usage purpose and the FoMO and YIAT-SF average scores, and also between the daily social media usage time and the FoMO and YIAT-SF average scores. When the relationship between the fear of missing out and internet addiction was examined, it was determined that there was a positive and significant relationship between them. Low-moderate and positive statistically significant relationships were determined between internet addiction and the personal fear of missing out subscale and the social fear of missing out subscale. Considering the research results, increasing the leisure time activities that university students can participate in may lead to a decrease in the time spent on the internet and social media. It is thought that this situation may affect the individuals' fear of missing out and internet addiction levels.