This survey reports how often U.S. adult smartphone owners believe they look at or check their phones. In 2015, 12 percent of the 30 to 49 year-olds said that they check their phone every few minutes.
How often do you use your smartphone, including times you look at it, check it, or use it for any reason?*
* Percentages do not add up to 100 percent. Excluded from the data are respondents who reported using their phone "about once an hour", "a few times a day", "about once a day", or "less than once a day".
The original question was posed as follows:
"[W]e'd like you to estimate how often you use your smartphone, including times you look at it, check it, or use it for any reason..."
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Gallup. (July 9, 2015). How often do you use your smartphone, including times you look at it, check it, or use it for any reason?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 12, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/478777/smartphone-use-frequency-us-by-age/
Gallup. "How often do you use your smartphone, including times you look at it, check it, or use it for any reason?*." Chart. July 9, 2015. Statista. Accessed August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/478777/smartphone-use-frequency-us-by-age/
Gallup. (2015). How often do you use your smartphone, including times you look at it, check it, or use it for any reason?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/478777/smartphone-use-frequency-us-by-age/
Gallup. "How Often Do You Use Your Smartphone, including times You Look at It, Check It, or Use It for Any Reason?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/478777/smartphone-use-frequency-us-by-age/
Gallup, How often do you use your smartphone, including times you look at it, check it, or use it for any reason?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/478777/smartphone-use-frequency-us-by-age/ (last visited August 12, 2022)
