To ask your phone usage?

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I use my phone for everything- tv, camera, messaging/talking , Google, social media, listening to music, podcasts. But not for work.

My average use is about 3.5 - 4 hours a day which seems a lot but I'm not always physically on it. Say in the car I'll link it to the radio while driving. What's your usage?

Honestly? I daren't check. Definitely too much!

6 hrs. Addicted to Woodoku and permanent audio book.

I try to keep it less than 3 hours a day. Don’t have an iPad or pc though so use my phone for everything.

I use mine a lot. I have no problem with it though. I would rather read mumsnet than a book. People get hung up on 'what did we do without phones' and the truth is I didn't read books then either. I probably stared into space a lot. I have never used the English language more than I do nowadays, for me it's a huge positive that offers me a way to communicate which is so very different for me to real life.

Mine was up 50% last week to 12 minutes a day.

It's been two hours so far today. But I wake up early and read on my phone, so not to disturb my DD. Some days it's eight hours, others around four. I do everything on my phone, so I'm not looking to cut down. I don't want to have to physically carry books etc around or buy newspapers.

Just checked and mine is just under 2 hours at the moment - this is after taking a lot of steps to reduce my usage (limiting screen time on some apps/websites, but also switching off all notifications and spending time unsubscribing from email mailing lists, etc). Main culprit is a sudoku app!

The pick ups count is interesting though - I average 50 times per day! I definitely want that to be lower.

I hate phones and wish they would go away. My dc's school has a long drive and as I was driving back down it after dropping off I could see car after car with a parent at the wheel and a kid in the passenger seat glued to their phone. All kids at bus stops looking at their phones and kids walking to school looking at their phones - standing/walking next to friends who are also staring at their phones! It's like a different version of the matrix - plugged in, controlled by machines.

I hate phones too and I'm annoyed that since getting a fancy new phone my usage has shot up. I'm currently at under two hours - I fluctuate between 1.5 hours and 1 hour 50 mins. I use my phone to text, take pictures, read the news, read my work emails

Mine is just under 3.5 hours average for the last week but that's down 56% which makes sense as I am staying at DP's this week and I definitely use it less when I'm here.

Most of that is Mumsnet and TikTok!

Yes I read on there too. Feeling a bit better 😂

😂 love this

I don't know but probably far too bloody much 👀

Well just looked and mine is 6 hours a day , but I lot of that is whilst I'm at work , it shouldn't be but I get bored, mumsnet /holiday searching much more interesting 😀

Mine varies but I did 7 hours 24 minute's yesterday, I've set myself a phone goal of 3 hours now. What a waste!

Depends what work I am doing as a lot of my business is on my phone. I do a lot of research and because I have adhd I find myself jumping from site to site.
I use it’s a sat Nav , also business related so I can be on it 11 hours of the day.

What did I do before mobile phones?

Struggle

Mine is shameful at the minute but in my defence, I'm on it during night and day feeds and when DS is napping and I should be more productive.

I'm addicted and hate myself for it.

About 12hrs but it's used all day at work, plus TV, music, fitness app streaming to TV...

About six hours a day I think. But I use it for pretty much everything - it's my clock, it's how I communicate with friends and family, pick up work emails, take photos, listen to music and podcasts, listen to audiobooks, read a newspaper, play word games, follow the football scores, do most of my shopping and sometimes read books if I don't have a paperback or my Kindle to hand.

I also think it includes the time you put it down and don't lock it that adds extra time!!

If I’m at home it regularly gets to 12/15 hours. That’s googling random stuff, Reddit, radio, Spotify, so I’m not always looking at my phone.

Probably less than half an hour per day on my phone, but then there's the iPad/laptop/tv!

I think it compares to the equivalent time used of the items I no longer use, because the phone replaces it. One item use rather than 6 items used.
so, no longer own a tv as I watch it through my phone. I don’t write a letter, I use email. Don’t own a separate camera - use the camera within the phone. Don’t use a record player - use the music app. Read the news online rather than going and buying a newspaper. Etc etc So same things done but in a different method iyswim. Although I do use a kindle instead of a book as phone screen is just too small.

I turned my mobile usage off, I was tired of feeling judged by my own bloody phone 😂

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I listen to books for several hours a day. Just looked, around 8 hours a day in total.