Americans Now Spend Half Their Day Online
A new survey shows that Americans spend half of their day online, splitting that time between work, watching videos or TV shows and shopping.
“This new survey was eye-opening for the Optimum team. We were amazed to see how many hours folks are watching, shopping and browsing online on a daily basis,” Eric Bruno, senior vice president of product management for the telecommunications firm Optimum, said in a statement alongside the findings.
The telecommunications firm interviewed 2,000 US residents who have a home internet subscription with any company for the poll.
On average, Americans spend more than 10 hours daily accessing the web.
Of those 10 hours, people spend about five hours every day watching videos and 5.4 hours online, Optimum found.
Broken down further, 79 percent browsed, 77 percent paid bills, 72 percent online shopped, and 73 percent doom scrolled on social media. Only 37 percent handled work assignments and 20 percent did school work.
Notably, some 55 percent of the respondents said that they prefer to stream a majority of their five hours of videos each day on a television over any other device. More than 40 percent said they preferred to use their phone for online activities, rather than a computer or tablet.
“It underscores how important a strong, affordable, and reliable Internet has become in today’s world,” Bruno said.
