Americans Screen Time Is Exploding

Optimum, a telecommunications company, polled 2-thousand U.S. adults with home Internet service about the amount of time they spend watching, shopping and scrolling every day. And it’s eploding! 2 years ago the survey showed the average American was spending just under 7 hours a day. Today it's over 10 hours!

• The average American spends almost half their day online.
• We’re on the Web for an average of more than 10 hours daily, including 5.4-hours for “the three B’s”- browsing, bills and buying.
• The biggest things people do online include:
  • Browsing (79%)
  • Paying bills (77%)
  • Checking out social media (73%)
  • Shopping (72%)
  • Doing work assignments (37%)
  • And finishing school work (20%)
• On top of that, we spend another five hours streaming videos, movies and shows.
• More than half (55%) prefer to stream shows and movies on their TV, while 40% would rather use their mobile phones.
• In general, most respondents use their phones or computers for the majority of what they do on the Internet, but 44% do it from their TV.