Psychology Today | 06.01.2026 03:30
From the time it opened in 1937 to 2024, a period of more than 85 years, the Golden Gate Bridge was the number one suicide site in the world. Confirmed suicides topped 2,000; the real number is likely higher, as other deaths were left unconfirmed—often because a body wasn’t recovered or it was recovered too far away to be connected with certainty to the bridge.
