Turn a daily screen habit into the yearly figure it adds up to. This is only multiplication. It does not say the number is too high, or too low, or anything at all about what the time is worth.
How to read this
Phone, TV, tablet, computer for leisure. A rough daily average across a normal week.
That is, across a year
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Why this number
Your daily hours times 365. Nothing more. A day here is a full 24 hours.
In waking days a year
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Why this number
The same yearly hours divided by 16, a rough waking day. It is a way of feeling the size of the number, not a precise account of your time.
This is a mirror, not a verdict. The figure says nothing about whether your screen time is a problem. Our review of the research found the link between screen hours and wellbeing is weak and heavily confounded, and that what you do on the screen matters more than the total. A large yearly number can still be time well spent. Use it to decide whether the split feels right to you, and nothing more.
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The totals here are your daily hours multiplied out, and nothing more. The tool makes no judgement about whether your screen time is a problem.
Our review of the research found the link between screen hours and wellbeing is weak and heavily confounded, and that what you do on a screen matters more than how long you spend on it. A large yearly number can still be time well spent.
Why a total is a framing device, not a verdict
Big yearly numbers feel alarming because a small daily figure, multiplied by 365, becomes large. That is a fact about multiplication, not about screens. Seeing the total can help you decide whether the split of your time feels right to you. It cannot tell you whether the time was well spent, and this tool does not try to.
Common questions
Does more screen time make you unhappy?
The evidence for a strong, direct link is weak and confounded. What you do on the screen, and what it displaces, matters more than the raw hours. The total here is not a wellbeing score.
Should I count work screen time?
The tool asks for non-work leisure time, because that is the part most people are weighing up. You can include work hours if you want the fuller figure, but the framing is about discretionary time.
What is a waking day?
A rough 16-hour day, used to translate the yearly hours into something easier to picture than a raw 24-hour count.