It’s time to take a step back from the smartphone. Check out these stats from Break the Twitch.
- The average person receives 63.5 notifications per day. [Telefonica, 2014]
- 52% check their phones a few times per hour or more, whether there’s a notification or not. [Gallup, 2015)]
- Meanwhile, 91% of millennials say they have a healthy relationship with tech, but still check their phones 150 times per day. [Qualtrics, 2017]
- It’s not just millennials, though—52% of boomers use their phones during meal times, the highest percentage of any age group. [Nielsen, 2015]
- U.S. users spend over 4 hours per day on mobile devices. [eMarketer, 2016]
- During which, the average user touches, swipes, and taps their phone 2,617 times per day. [Dscout, 2016]
- The average age when kids get their first cell phone is now just 10.3 years old. [Influence Central, 2016]
- 74% of mobile users ages 18 – 34 report an urge to immediately pull out their phone, open an app when bored. [ComScore, 2017]
- The creators of the Facebook “Like” button substantially limit their own social media usage, and the guy that literally wrote the book about designing addictive smartphone apps has his home internet shut off on an automatic timer every evening. [Guardian, 2017]