Our World
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Who Americans spend their time with, by age

Average time spent with others is measured in minutes per day, and shown by the age of the respondent. This is based on averages from surveys between 2009 and2019.

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Source: American Time Use Survey (2009-2019) and Lindberg (2017)

Note: Relationships used to categorize people are not exhaustive. Additionally, time spent with multiple people can be counted more than once (e.g. attending a party with friends and partner counts for both“friends” and “partner”).

Related: Who do we spend time with across our lifetime?

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