Demographics
41% Of U.S. Teens Use Their Phones for Over 5 Hours a Day
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What we’re showing
This chart provides insight into how much young Americans use their smartphones. Data comes from a week-long survey of 203 11 to 17 year-olds in the U.S.
Context
- Half of the survey participants received over 237 app notifications per day.
- TikTok was the most popular social media app used by the sample group, with a median of nearly 2 hours spent per day.
Random fact
50% of U.S. children get their first smartphone by age 11 (Rideout et al., 2022)
Dataset
Average daily duration | % of respondents |
---|---|
0-30 min | 2 |
30-60 min | 5 |
1-2 hours | 9 |
2-3 hours | 12 |
3-4 hours | 16 |
4-5 hours | 15 |
5-6 hours | 9 |
6-7 hours | 8 |
7-8 hours | 7 |
8-9 hours | 4 |
9-10 hours | 4 |
10 or more hours | 9 |
Data sources
From the report: This study was conducted with Android phone users only, because Apple device tracking does not share with the research community the names of specific non-Apple apps that young people commonly use.
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