Study: How addicted are you to your phone?


Over a third of those surveyed said they couldn’t go 24 hours without their phone. — Photo by DuoNguyen on Unsplash

Twelve years – that’s how much time the average American spends on their smartphone in a lifetime. It’s the result of a 4 hours and 37 minutes a day, every day, in screen time use.

That’s one full day of time spent onscreen each week, six days every month and 70 days each year.

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