Time spent socializing and communicating, hours per day
Average hours per day that people aged 15 and over in the United States spent socializing and communicating as their main activity, from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series TUU10101AA01013951, activity code 600024).
More on how it is measured
- The average covers every day of the week and everyone in the population, including people who did not do the activity that day.
- Face-to-face conversation and hosting or attending social events.
- Telephone calls, texting, mail and e-mail are a separate category.
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.
Key facts
- Time spent socializing and communicating, hours per day in the United States was 0.58 hours per day in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Published for 1 places, with figures from 2003 to 2025.
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Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest time spent socializing and communicating, hours per day? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"time_use_socializing_hours_per_day","level":"country"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=time_use_socializing_hours_per_day&level=country