This research study is to examine the influence of social media on the academic achievement of social studies students in Rivers State. To carry out this study, three research questions were posed and two hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey design. A sample size of 50 representing 10.9% was drawn from a total population of 460 social studies students through simple random sampling techniques. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. They had a reliability coefficient of 0.78 determined through split-half techniques. Mean, standard deviation and the simple percentage were used to analyze the research-questions and t-test were used in testing the hypothesis. Analysis of data revealed that a good number of students were addicted to social media usage. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended to others that social media should be used for educational purposes so as to create a balance between social media usage and academic achievements.