Average time spent online in 2022 shows biggest dip in a decade

According to a GWI study, the average daily time spent online saw its biggest decline in a decade in 2022. — AFP Relaxnews

Has the time come to switch off? The Covid-19 pandemic fueled an increase in the amount of time people spent online. But this trend appears to have fizzled out in 2022, resulting in the biggest drop in time spent online in a decade.

Internet users could be seeking to limit the amount of time they spend online. At least, so suggests recent research from GWI Core. After analysing the time spent online daily between 2013 and 2022, among 2,595,435 Internet users aged 16 to 64, the report identified a 13-minute decline in time spent online in 2022 compared to 2021. This amounts to the largest drop in the last 10 years.