How Much Time Will the Average Person Spend on Social Media During Their Life? (Infographic)

Social media use trailed only watching television, and it came in well ahead of eating/drinking, grooming, socializing and doing laundry

The average person will spend more than five years of their lives on social media, according to a study by influencer marketing agency Mediakix.

Mediakix calculated average time spent per day on YouTube (40 minutes), Facebook (35), Snapchat (25), Instagram (15) and Twitter (one) and projected those figures out over a lifetime, arriving at a total of five years and four months.

Social media use trailed only watching television, at seven years and eight months, and it came in well ahead of eating/drinking, grooming, socializing and the necessary evil of doing laundry.

Mediakix said in a blog post introducing its infographic:

Social media advertising spend is projected to reach nearly $36 billion globally in 2017, with the U.S.

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