How much time people spend on social media per day, by age group, and what each figure adds up to over a year and a decade. Approximate, from public surveys. Then print your own receipt and see where you land.
| Age | Per day (approx.) | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16-24 | 3h 00m | 45.7 days | 1.25 years |
| 25-34 | 2h 35m | 39.6 days | 1.08 years |
| 35-44 | 2h 10m | 33.5 days | 335 days |
| 45-54 | 1h 50m | 27.4 days | 274 days |
| 55-64 | 1h 25m | 21.3 days | 213 days |
| World average | 2h 20m | 35.5 days | 355 days |
The world average (about 2 hours 20 minutes a day on social media, internet users aged 16 to 64) is from DataReportal's Digital 2025 report, built on GWI survey data. The age rows are rounded from the same family of surveys and vary by country and year by around 20 minutes either way; treat them as a ladder, not a ruler. Younger groups sit near or above three hours, and each decade of age removes roughly 20 to 30 minutes.
A difference of 40 minutes a day between two age groups looks small. Over ten years it is 101 days. That is the whole point of the receipt format: the same number, framed so it can be felt.
Set your own daily figure in the Doomscroll Receipt. It shows your distance from the world average and, once enough receipts exist, how you compare with everyone else who used it. Nothing you type is uploaded.
Not health advice. Time on social media is not the same as total screen time, which is typically 2 to 3 times higher.