Screen time calculator: How many days a year do you scroll?
Yesterday's hours × 365 ÷ 24. Two hours a day is 30 full days a year.
Drag to yesterday's number.
30full days
a year
One square is one day of this year.
I scroll about 2 h a day. That is 30 full days a year.
How it is worked out
2 h × 365 ÷ 24 = 30 days
hours a day × days in a year ÷ hours in a day, rounded to whole days
2 h × 30 ÷ 16 = 3.8 years
of waking life over the next 30 years, counting 16 waking hours a day
| A day | Days a year | Waking years over 30 |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 8 | 0.9 |
| 1 h | 15 | 1.9 |
| 1 h 30 min | 23 | 2.8 |
| 2 h | 30 | 3.8 |
| 3 h | 46 | 5.6 |
| 4 h | 61 | 7.5 |
| 5 h | 76 | 9.4 |
| 6 h | 91 | 11.3 |
| 8 h | 122 | 15.0 |
Questions
Where do I find yesterday's screen time?
iPhone: Settings, Screen Time, See All App & Website Activity, then Day. Android: Settings, Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
What should I count?
The feeds: social apps, short video, news you did not go looking for. Total screen time also counts calls and maps, so it reads high.
Why days and not hours?
Two hours sounds small, and 730 hours is hard to picture. 30 days you can see, on the year above. Then read what happens when you use it half as much.
Do I need an account?
No. Drag the dial and read. The sum runs on this page.
Now try the first rep.
One word. Write what it makes you think of. The fourth thought is the hard one.
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