How Often Does Devon Use Her Phone?
The answer is a lot! But lets get more into detail. The average person spends 4 hours on their phone a day, half of that accounting for social media browsing ie. Instagram, Twitter , Facebook. Needless to say, my phone usage trumps that average. But how? What am I doing that’s taking up so much time? What days am I do I seem to be on a binge? What apps are getting the most wear? But let’s start a little smaller by asking:
What is my weekly average of screentime?
Below you’ll see the average amount of time I’ve spent on my phone in the past 3 weeks, the 3 colors representing the app classifications that received the most love and the grey representing the other apps that didn’t make it to the top 3, but still contributed to my daily time.
Girl, what’s going on on Wednesday?
September 29th to October 6th I averaged a whopping 8 hours and 29 minutes of screentime, putting me almost 4 and a half hours above to national average. Through this week and the last it’s clear that I spent the most time on apps related to social media, entertainment and productivity. It’s also clear that Wednesdays are very active in terms of screen tapping given the fact that I was on my phone for 10 hours and 46 minutes. Now that’s an absurd number but it’s good to acknowlege the factors that sway data such as this, in this case — my job! I’m off on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays. The less time I’m at work, the more time I’m on my phone!
Is that always the case?
No!
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October 6th to the 12th I decided to switch it up a bit, as it appears that I spent a good amount of time on “other” apps. Miscellaneous apps that don’t necessarily fit into a category but are still fun to use (games, shopping apps, the occasional postmates rendezvous). I also shifted my usual routine, having Friday be the day for relentless phone abuse, topping off at 9 hours and 51 minutes.
Now what the hell are you doing that whole time?
I’m glad you asked! Throughout the 3 weeks it’s clear that social media apps reign supreme when it comes to weekly usage as you can see below in which I was on for a total of 21 hours and 26 minutes.
But your top app isn’t social media
Nope it isn’t! My top app during the 3 weeks is YouTube at 13 hours and 58 minutes as shown down below. But given the fact that 3 of my top apps are social media while only 2 are entertainment gives them a boost.
So why does all this matter?
This matters because it puts into perspective how insane my phone use is. By breaking down the different aspects of my screentime I’m able to pinpoint my main areas of weakness (YouTube, Instagram) and which days I’m most likely to use my phone. With this info I’m now able to work towards getting down to the national average!
