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Social media calculator: How much of your life is spent on social media?
Key takeaways
- The average user spends roughly two hours and 39 minutes on social media daily, adding up to more than 40 days a year.
- Now, 16 years later, social media is no longer just a space for conversation.
- According to the DataReportal Digital 2026 Global Overview Report, the number of social media users has reached 5.66 billion – equivalent to more than 68 percent of the world’s population.
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The average user spends roughly two hours and 39 minutes on social media daily, adding up to more than 40 days a year. How does your social media usage compare?
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo By Marium Ali and Amr Alkazaz Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026Every year on June 30, people around the world mark Social Media Day, a date set by the digital-media website Mashable in 2010 to recognise the growing role of these platforms in global communication.
Now, 16 years later, social media is no longer just a space for conversation. It is a basic part of everyday life for more than two-thirds of the world’s population.
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