How much of your time is screen time?
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Most of us will have received the dreaded Screen Time notification telling us how much time we’ve spent on our phones in the last week.
Research has revealed that in 2020 the average adult spent three hours a day on social media, in comparison to only 90 minutes in 2012. Further research has shown that spending too much time on your mobile phone can contribute to mental health issues.
We have looked into what percentage of our lives we spend glued to the screen and what effects this can have on our wellbeing.
UK adults spend half of every day in front of a screen
While social media isn’t new (remember Myspace and Bebo?) the UK’s addiction to the platforms really took hold over the last decade. The decade that brought us Instagram, Pinterest and Snapchat amongst others.
Our study reveals that in 2010, 51% of males and 56% of females aged between 16 - 24 had created at least one social media account. In comparison, in 2019 78% of males and 86% of females of the same age had a social...
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