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Time Spent Socializing and Alone
Average hours per day Americans spend socializing and communicating, and alone
1 of 3 series is above their level a year earlier
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
Alone, everyone 15+ · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
Socializing, everyone 15+ · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
Socializing, ages 15 to 24 · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. A projection, not a promise.
From the BLS American Time Use Survey. No survey was run for most of 2020.
How much of the day Americans spend socializing in person or by phone, set against time spent alone. Young people have seen the steepest drop in time with others.
What this chart reads
- Time Spent Alone (ATUS, All Persons 15+)as “Alone, everyone 15+”latest 2025-12-31
- Time Spent Socializing and Communicating (ATUS, All Persons 15+)as “Socializing, everyone 15+”latest 2025-12-31
- Time Spent Socializing and Communicating (ATUS, Ages 15–24)as “Socializing, ages 15 to 24”latest 2025-12-31
Sources
Time Spent Alone (ATUS, All Persons 15+). Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey (series TUU10101AA01066731). Annual, public domain.
Time Spent Socializing and Communicating (ATUS, All Persons 15+). Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey (series TUU10101AA01013951). Annual, public domain.
Time Spent Socializing and Communicating (ATUS, Ages 15–24). Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey (series TUU10101AA01014045). Annual, public domain.
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