Time spent daily on getting news on a smartphone in the United States in 2012

Published by Statista Research Department, Oct 1, 2012
The statistic presents the average daily time smartphone owners spent on gettign news in the United States in 2012, broken down by weekday and weekend day. In 2012, seven percent of smartphone owners stated they spent three hours or more getting news on an average weekday.

How much time do you spend getting news on your smartphone on a typical day?*

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Release date

October 2012

Region

United States

Survey time period

June 29 to August 8, 2012

Number of respondents

n = 1,075 smartphone users

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

get news on smartphone at least weekly

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

* This question was open-ended.
** Means excludes outliers of 5 hours (300 minutes) or more.

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