How much time per day are you consuming digital content?

[kdonnel]

My daily calendar included the following "fun" fact:

The average U.S. adult spent seven hours and fifty minutes each day viewing digital content in 2020; it was the first year in which that number surpassed the amount of time the average U.S. adult spends sleeping each night, which is about seven hours and thirty-six minutes.

Apple tracks screen time across devices, just counting my phone, ipad, and computer Apple says I consume for 8h 9m on average each day. I also watch a significant amount of digital content each night, an additional 2-4 hours, though there is some overlap as I am almost always on my ipad while the TV is going.

 

[soccerdad72]

Daily average on my iPhone shows as just over 7 hours. During the work day, I'm on my computer the whole time, but as far as digital content (non-work), that's usually limited to my lunch time, when I'll watch a YouTube video or two while eating. Not sure if TV time at home would be considered digital content or not.

 

[PollyannaMom]

How much time per day are you consuming digital content?​

Too much!

 

[TippyThomas]

I'm just making up for years of lost time.

 

[ClaraOswald]

I'm on way too much while my son is at school. I'm such a bad "housewife." Ha! I'll pop onto the Dis or social media between doing things around the house or running errands. Sometimes I get sucked in for way too long.

I also go on the computer to do bill paying and financial tracking stuff if that counts.

And I use messenger to chat with my mom and sister a lot.

I also watch things on streaming services if that counts.

I read about various crimes and follow a lot of trials as well.

Oh, and lately I've been playing the Sims during downtime. It relaxes me.

If I had to guess, I'd say at least 7 hours of my day is probably spent on some kind of device.

If you add in streaming music or podcasts then it would be WAY more because I pretty much have something on during all waking hours. Even when playing with my son, we have music on a lot of the time.

 

[tvguy]

8 hours a day less than I did working as my job required me to be on Twitter, Facebook, and various Law Enforcement agency dispatch websites my entire shift.
I am probably viewing digital content more than I think, I'm guessing 6 hours a day in retirement. Almost always on my desktop computer, while I do have a tablet. I rarely view digital content on my cell phone.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Waaaaaay too much, I look at stuff online recreationally, and I stare at a computer a lot for work as well.