According to a new study, the average person used to spend a total of 17 hours and nine minutes a day looking at screens. Since the quarantine began, it's up to 19 hours and six minutes a day.
It's no surprise that time spent watching various screens has gone up as we tried to fill time during quarantine. But 19 hours? We're not even awake that long!
It's because there are plenty of times we're looking at two screens at once, like when we're messing around on our phone or laptop while we watch TV.
The full breakdown for the average person is:
5 hours and 10 minutes a day on a laptop . . .
5 hours and 9 minutes of TV per day . . .
5 hours and 2 minutes on our phone . . .
3 hours and 45 minutes on a gaming device.
The survey also found 60% of people have argued with their significant other about screen time . . . and three in four feel hypocritical for trying to limit their kids' screen time.
The sad part? The survey also showed that we believe less than half the time we spend on these screens is productive.
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