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2.5 Hours of Daily Social Media Adds Up to About 5.7 Years Over a Lifetime

DataReportal's 2024 figures put the global average at 2.5 hours a day. Run that across a roughly 50-year adult span and the cumulative time is measured in years, not hours.

4+ Hours of Daily Recreational Screen Time Is the US Average — And Blue Light Alone Delays Sleep by ~30 Minutes

Nielsen puts the average adult at 4+ hours a day. Harvard Health's research on blue light and melatonin explains why that number quietly eats into sleep quality on top of the hours themselves.