Apparently we spend a quarter of our time on the internet, primarily on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. This is according to UK government organisation Ofcom after carrying out a recent survey looking at our population's technology consumptions.
As well as this hefty internet consumption, we also spend 3 hours 45 mins on average per day watching television, making half out waking hours spent in front of a television or on the internet. When it comes to phone use, we are sending four times as many texts as we did in 2004.
We are also managing to fit 8 hours and 48 minutes of media consumption in 7 hours due to multitasking with media (like listening to music while on the internet). Many of these statistics have been linked heavily to the rise of the Smartphone, providing many different media services anywhere, at any time.
Interestingly though, despite technology using up more and more of our time, it's actually costing less than it used to. Ofcom stated that, “For the fifth year in a row, spending on communications services has decreased. Ofcom's annual Communications Market Report into the UK's TV, radio, telecoms and internet industries shows that real household monthly spend on communication services fell 9.4 per cent over the past five years to £91.24, as more people choose to buy their services in discounted bundles”.
Most people would probably put these statistics down to the younger generation, but Ofcom Partner, Strategy & Market developments worker Peter Philips has said that, “Younger people have shown the biggest changes in how we use media - particularly using different media at the same time. But the divide between younger and older people's use of technology is starting to narrow as more older people are getting online and finding that things like email are very important to them”.
So what do you think of these statistics? Exagerrated? Not high enough? Leave your thoughts below.
Via: Pocket lint