US Average Time Spent per Day with Mobile

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Source: eMarketer

Note: ages 18+; includes all activities on mobile devices (smartphones, feature phones, and tablets) except for voice calls on the cellular network; includes VoIP apps or video chat apps such as Skype; includes all time spent with nonvoice mobile activities

Additional Note: Time spent with each medium includes multitasking; for example, 1 hour of multitasking on a smartphone while watching TV is counted as 1 hour for smartphone and 1 hour for TV. Figures are rounded to the nearest minute. Estimates of average time spent with media are based on the total US adult population according to the US Census Bureau 2010 release, not the number of users of each medium.

Methodology: Estimates are based on the analysis of estimates from other research firms, consumer media consumption, device adoption trends, company reports, primary research and interviews.

Comparative Estimates from Additional Sources:

Mobile (nonvoice): time spent per day, US

Sources2018201920202021202220232024
eMarketer,January 2023
Verto Analytics,August 2018
Zenith,June 2019
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