Smartphones: daily time spent using phone in the UK 2017
Smartphone use around the world
Worldwide, 96 percent of smartphone users report spending an hour or more using the devices, with nearly half of those reporting more than five hours of daily use.
Smartphones: the modern multi-tool
While they are in use, smartphones are utilized for purposes well beyond simply communicating with one another. Smartphones were the main device used to browse the Internet in the UK during March 2018, with users reporting that 62 percent of their time spent online was spent on a smartphone.
In the United States during the first quarter of 2018, those aged between 18 and 34 years of age reported watching 106 minutes of video content on their devices weekly, and 142 minutes of each day was spent browsing the internet.