This statistic presents data on the daily time 0- to 8-year-olds spent with selected devices in the United States in 2017. It was found that young children spent on average about 48 minutes of their daily screen media time on a mobile device.
Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017
(in minutes)
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Common Sense Media. (October 19, 2017). Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017 (in minutes) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 14, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/769401/time-spent-media-devices-children/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Common Sense Media. "Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017 (in minutes)." Chart. October 19, 2017. Statista. Accessed February 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/769401/time-spent-media-devices-children/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Common Sense Media. (2017). Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017 (in minutes). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 14, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/769401/time-spent-media-devices-children/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Common Sense Media. "Daily Time Spent with Selected Devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in The United States in 2017 (in Minutes)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Oct 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/769401/time-spent-media-devices-children/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Common Sense Media, Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017 (in minutes) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/769401/time-spent-media-devices-children/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed (last visited February 14, 2025)
Daily time spent with selected devices among 0- to 8-year-olds in the United States in 2017 (in minutes) [Graph], Common Sense Media, October 19, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/769401/time-spent-media-devices-children/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed