Adolescents Spend 25% Of School Day On Smartphones

During the average 6.5-hour school day, adolescents ages 13 to 18 years use their smartphones for about 1.5 hours, about 23% of the school day. The 1.5 hours of smartphone use during school hours represent about 27% of the 5.6 hours of total daily smartphone use by adolescents.

About half of the youth used smartphones during school for at least 66 minutes daily. About 25% of adolescents use smartphones during school for more than two hours.

These findings were reported in “Adolescent Smartphone Use During School Hours” by Dimitri A. Christakis, M.D., MPH; Gina . . .