# Time spent on sports, exercise and recreation, hours per day in United States

Time spent on sports, exercise and recreation, hours per day in United States was 0.34 hours per day in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `time_use_sports_exercise_hours_per_day`
- Place id: `us`
- Unit: hours per day
- Definition: Average hours per day that people aged 15 and over in the United States spent on sports, exercise and recreation as their main activity, from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series TUU10101AA01014521, activity code 600027). The average covers every day of the week and everyone in the population, including people who did not do the activity that day. Taking part in sports, exercise and recreation, including related waiting and security procedures. Watching or attending sporting events is excluded.
- Note: Only primary activities count: something done at the same time as another activity, such as watching TV while eating, is counted once, under the main activity. The population is people aged 15 and over living in households (the civilian noninstitutional population). United States only.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, American Time Use Survey: average hours per day on sports, exercise and recreation, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01014521, activity 600027) (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. American Time Use Survey: average hours per day on sports, exercise and recreation, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01014521, activity 600027). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-exercising/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=time_use_sports_exercise_hours_per_day&place=us

| Period | hours per day |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 0.34 |
| 2024 | 0.31 |
| 2023 | 0.31 |
| 2022 | 0.29 |
| 2021 | 0.32 |
| 2019 | 0.31 |
| 2018 | 0.29 |
| 2017 | 0.29 |
| 2016 | 0.32 |
| 2015 | 0.31 |
| 2014 | 0.29 |
| 2013 | 0.3 |
| 2012 | 0.32 |
| 2011 | 0.3 |
| 2010 | 0.31 |
| 2009 | 0.31 |
| 2008 | 0.3 |
| 2007 | 0.32 |
| 2006 | 0.28 |
| 2005 | 0.29 |
| 2004 | 0.29 |
| 2003 | 0.29 |