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Time Wasted On Social Media Calculator

Work out time wasted on social media instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Time Wasted On Social Media Calculator

Daily minutes are annualised over 365 days, then converted to whole days and to waking years at sixteen waking hours a day. Two hours a day is thirty full days a year, or nearly two waking years over a decade, which is the figure that tends to change behaviour.

Formulas

Annual hours

hours = minutes per day x 365 / 60

Waking years

waking years = total hours / (16 x 365)

Worked example

With the default values below, Time Wasted On Social Media Calculator returns Hours per year of 730.0. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Minutes per dayminimum 1 min
120 min
Years to projectminimum 0.1
10

Results

Hours per year
730.0 h
Whole days per year
30.42
Whole days over the projection
304.2
Equivalent waking years
1.250

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Annual hours
  3. 3Waking years
  4. 4Hours per year= 730.0 h
  5. 5Whole days per year= 30.42
  6. 6Whole days over the projection= 304.2
  7. 7Equivalent waking years= 1.250

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 2 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 3 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the Time Wasted On Social Media figure worked out?

hours = minutes per day x 365 / 60. Daily minutes are annualised over 365 days, then converted to whole days and to waking years at sixteen waking hours a day.

Why does this matter?

Two hours a day is thirty full days a year, or nearly two waking years over a decade, which is the figure that tends to change behaviour.

What do I need to enter?

Enter minutes per day, years to project. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.

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