Overview
- Average online time has risen about 30% since 2020, increasing from 56 to nearly 72 hours per week.
- Adults aged 18 to 39 spend almost 86 hours online weekly, versus more than 65 hours among those 40 and older.
- Nine in ten people access the internet via smartphone, logging about 26 hours per week on the device, well ahead of laptops and desktops.
- Messaging is most common at 81%, around 70% search for news and use social networks, and roughly half stream video or do online banking.
- Seventy-two percent do not want to increase their online time, and 36% of 18–39 year-olds plan to cut back, according to the May–June survey of 3,050 respondents.