You could wind up spending a large portion of your life on your devices. According to research, the average U.S. adult will spend the equivalent of 44 years of their life staring at screens.
A polling of 2,000 adults in the U.S. found more than 6,259 hours a year are spent glued to gadgets such as phones, laptops and televisions. That equates to 382,652 hours and 48 minutes over the average adult lifetime of 60.7 years.
Six in 10 adults in relationships have had an argument with their partner over the amount of time they spend staring at screens.
Almost half of parents think their kids spend too long glued to their gaming devices or phones, and 41% find it challenging to manage how much screen time they get.
21% feel guilty about how much time their offspring spend looking at TVs or computers, but 75% feel hypocritical for telling their kids off about screen time when the adults in the house are just as guilty.
Time Spent Per Device Before Lockdown
1. Laptop:
Daily 4hrs 54 mins
Yearly 1,788 hrs. 30 mins
2. Phone:
Daily 4hrs 33 mins
Yearly 1,660 hrs. 45 mins
3. TV:
Daily 4 hrs. 30 mins
Yearly 1,642 hrs. 30 mins
4. Gaming device:
Daily 3hrs 12 mins
Yearly 1,168 hrs.
TOTAL:
Daily 17 hrs. 9 min
Yearly 6,259 hrs. 45 mins
Time Spent Per Device During Lockdown
1. Laptop:
Daily 5 hrs. 10 mins
2. TV:
Daily 5 hrs. 9 mins
3. Phone:
Daily 5 hrs. 2 mins
4. Gaming device:
Daily 3hrs. 45 mins
Total:
Daily 19 hrs. 6 mins
Source: People
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