The total daily entertainment screen time of teens, 13 to 18 year olds, amounted to eight hours and 39 minutes in the United States in 2021. Nevertheless, this figure for teens show an increase from the figure recorded in 2015, when it amounted to six hours and 40 minutes.
Total daily entertainment screen time among tweens and teens in the United States from 2015 to 2021
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Tweens (8-12 year olds)
Teens (13-18 year olds)
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Entertainment screen use includes time spent watching television and online
videos, playing video games, using social media, browsing websites, creating
content, e-reading, and other digital activities. In 2021, time spent reading ebooks
was included in the total for the first time (accounting for six minutes among tweens
and eight among teens), and time spent watching movies in movie theaters and
using an iPod Touch were not included (these had accounted for seven minutes
among tweens and six minutes among teens in 2019).
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Common Sense Media. (March 23, 2022). Total daily entertainment screen time among tweens and teens in the United States from 2015 to 2021 (in hours.minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312086/total-daily-entertainment-screen-time-tweens-teens-us/
Common Sense Media. "Total daily entertainment screen time among tweens and teens in the United States from 2015 to 2021 (in hours.minutes)." Chart. March 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312086/total-daily-entertainment-screen-time-tweens-teens-us/
Common Sense Media. (2022). Total daily entertainment screen time among tweens and teens in the United States from 2015 to 2021 (in hours.minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312086/total-daily-entertainment-screen-time-tweens-teens-us/
Common Sense Media. "Total Daily Entertainment Screen Time among Tweens and Teens in The United States from 2015 to 2021 (in Hours.Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312086/total-daily-entertainment-screen-time-tweens-teens-us/
Common Sense Media, Total daily entertainment screen time among tweens and teens in the United States from 2015 to 2021 (in hours.minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312086/total-daily-entertainment-screen-time-tweens-teens-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Total daily entertainment screen time among tweens and teens in the United States from 2015 to 2021 (in hours.minutes) [Graph], Common Sense Media, March 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312086/total-daily-entertainment-screen-time-tweens-teens-us/
