Screen Time
Your daily screen hours against 20 countries and a lifetime projection. The global average is 6 hours 37 minutes a day, from 5.1 in Japan to 9.6 in the Philippines.
More screen time than
39%
of internet users aged 16 to 64 worldwide. The survey mean is 6h 36m a day.
At this rate, over the next 45 years
Country averages, DataReportal 2025
Countries below your figure are in yellow.
Daily screen time, internet users worldwide
In context
The survey behind this asks internet users aged 16 to 64 how long they spend on any screen, which is why the mean is high and why countries with young populations and long commutes (the Philippines, Brazil, South Africa) top the table. Japan, at 5.1 hours, has the oldest population in the list. Your 6h a day works out to 91 full days a year.
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About this test
Enter your daily screen time. The module compares it to DataReportal's Digital 2025 report, based on GWI survey data of internet users aged 16 to 64 (not peer-reviewed). The global mean is 6.6 hours a day across all devices; the SD of 2.2 is our estimate from the survey spread.
Country means run from 5.1 hours in Japan to 9.6 in the Philippines. Brazil is at 9.5, South Africa 8.3, the US 7.0, the UK 6.3, Germany 5.6, Norway 5.8. These are internet users only, so countries with lower connectivity look higher than their whole population would.
What is the average screen time per day?
6 hours 37 minutes a day for internet users aged 16 to 64, according to DataReportal (GWI survey data). Smartphones alone account for about 3 hours 50 minutes of that.
Is 8 hours of screen time a lot?
Above average. Eight hours is more than about 74% of internet users (mean 6.6, SD 2.2). It is roughly typical in Brazil or the Philippines and well above Japan's 5.1. Work screens count, which explains most high totals.
Which country has the highest screen time?
The Philippines, at 9.6 hours a day in the DataReportal data, then Brazil at 9.5 and South Africa at 8.3. Japan is lowest among large economies at 5.1 hours.
Percentiles above come from the same parameters the Screen Time module uses. See the methodology for how they are calculated.