# Time spent watching TV, hours per day in United States

Time spent watching TV, hours per day in United States was 2.61 hours per day in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `time_use_watching_tv_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 watching TV as their main activity, from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (series TUU10101AA01014236, activity code 600025). The average covers every day of the week and everyone in the population, including people who did not do the activity that day. Watching television programs and movies, religious programs included. Going out to the movies is counted with arts and entertainment, under leisure.
- 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 watching TV, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01014236, activity 600025) (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 watching TV, population aged 15 and over, all days (TUU10101AA01014236, activity 600025). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/tu/tu.data.1.AllData. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/time-spent-watching-tv/united-states
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=time_use_watching_tv_hours_per_day&place=us

| Period | hours per day |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 2.61 |
| 2024 | 2.6 |
| 2023 | 2.67 |
| 2022 | 2.79 |
| 2021 | 2.86 |
| 2019 | 2.81 |
| 2018 | 2.84 |
| 2017 | 2.77 |
| 2016 | 2.73 |
| 2015 | 2.78 |
| 2014 | 2.82 |
| 2013 | 2.77 |
| 2012 | 2.83 |
| 2011 | 2.75 |
| 2010 | 2.73 |
| 2009 | 2.82 |
| 2008 | 2.77 |
| 2007 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 2.58 |
| 2005 | 2.58 |
| 2004 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 2.58 |