Overview

• Postbank’s 2025 survey shows average weekly internet time rising from 56 hours in 2020 to about 72 hours, nearly a 30 percent increase.
• People aged 18 to 39 spend almost 86 hours online per week on average, while those over 40 exceed 65 hours.
• Smartphones are the main access point for nine in ten people, accounting for roughly 26 hours weekly, ahead of laptops at 11 hours and desktops at about 10.
• Messaging leads online activities at 81 percent usage, with 70 percent searching for news and information and 70 percent active on social networks, and about half using YouTube, streaming services, and online banking.
• Seventy-two percent say they do not want to increase their online time, nearly one in five plan to cut back, and 36 percent of 18- to 39-year-olds intend to reduce usage.