41% Of U.S. Teens Use Their Phones for Over 5 Hours a Day

What we’re showing

This chart provides insight into how much young Americans use their smartphones. Data comes from a week-long survey of 203 11 to 17 year-olds in the U.S.

Context

• Half of the survey participants received over 237 app notifications per day.
• TikTok was the most popular social media app used by the sample group, with a median of nearly 2 hours spent per day.

Random fact

50% of U.S. children get their first smartphone by age 11 (Rideout et al., 2022)