Social Networks Take Up The Most Online Time in the U.S.

When it comes to online activities in the United States, people spend the most time social networking. The average American interacts with websites like Facebook and Twitter for 37 minutes each day.

Email is the second most popular activity for U.S. Internet users, coming in at a daily average of 29 minutes while search and online video jointly round off the top three. They account for an average of 23 minutes of surfing time each day.

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This chart shows the average minutes per day spent with online activities in the U.S. in 2013.

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Most popular weekly online activities for internet users in the United States as of January 2022, by time spent (in hours)
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Daily time spent with online entertainment among consumers worldwide as of 3rd quarter 2017 (in minutes)
Daily time spent on social networking by internet users worldwide from 2012 to 2025 (in minutes)
Average daily time spent with selected social networks among internet users in the United States as of September 2023, by age (in minutes)
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On days on which you use social networks, how much time do you spend on social networks? If you're unsure, please estimate.
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Cumulative daily time spent on selected social networks by adults in the United States from 2019 to 2025 (in million minutes)

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