Kirsten Potenza, left, and Christina Peerenboom, lead participants in a Drumming class using Ripstix at Crunch fitness gym in Burbank, Calif. Credit Ann Johansson for The New York Times.
A study by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers found the average user checks their phone nearer to 150 times per day. In its annual Internet Trends report, carried out in May this year, found that people check their phones, on average, 23 times a day for messaging, 22 times for voice calls and 18 times to get the time.ccording to figures collected by a screen lock app, the average user actually checks their phone around 110 times day. During peak times this equates to once every six or seven seconds, with some users unlocking their devices up to 900 times over the course of a day, which in reality is around 18 hours.
It shouldnât be a surprise to learn theyâre texting, talking and gaming. What may be surprising is just how much. A recent Harris Interactive study shows teenagers average 2.2 hours a day on their cell phones. Broken down by the sexes, boys average 1.8 hours and girls average 2.6 hrs per day. Another study by Nielsen shows the average teenager sends 3,417 texts per month. That equates to over 110 per day! Teens talk another 523 minutes a month (8.75 hrs). The rest of their time is spent downloading and playing games, streaming music or surfing the internet.