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I have some adult friends spending 1 or 2 hours a day on Instagram. I can’t even imagine how much time millenials spend on it.

yathern 8y ago
I wouldn't make the assumption that millenials spend significantly more than that on the app. It's certainly possible, I guess. But as I commute to work and back (hour by bus or train) - it's often 35+ aged people who have their eyes glued to instagram/facebook the entire length of the trip. EDIT: Data shows that you're probably right, and millenials spend more [time]( https://www.statista.com/statistics/267138/social-media-usage-per-day-global-social-video-users-age/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/267138/social-media-usag...). A lot around 3 hours even.
- ggregoire 8y ago
  The other day in a plane, all the people next to me and in front of me were on FB/Insta before the flight. After landing, everybody turned off the flight mode and got back on FB/Insta!? The flight was 1-hour long.
  - lawlessone 8y ago
    I would criticise.. but i probably spend as much time arguing on twitter with complete strangers.
    - toasterlovin 8y ago
      But if you do it right, arguing with strangers on the internet helps you think better.
nashashmi 8y ago
umm. millenials are adults too now. O/T, but the millennials are born between 1980 to 1990/1992. The generation after are post-millenials, for lack of a better word.
electricslpnsld 8y ago
> I have some adult friends spending 1 or 2 hours a day on Instagram. I can’t even imagine how much time millenials spend on it. Millenials are now all adults. :) A good chunk of the millennial generation is now in the child-having and house-buying (well, maybe not the later, too many avocados) stage of life!
- pvg 8y ago
  An improved, AI-powered browser extension that correctly does the Snake People transform would be a sweet Show HN. "A good chunk of the snake people generation are in the egg-laying and burrow-buying (well, maybe not the latter, too many baby mice) stage of life!"
  - elliotec 8y ago
    What?
    - pvg 8y ago
      https://www.google.com/search?q=a+snake+person+googled+what https://www.google.com/search?q=a+snake+person+googled+what
- airstrike 8y ago
  > house-buying (well, maybe not the later, too many avocados) Fantastic...
etblg 8y ago
Do you know what a breakdown of that time would be like? I can't imagine spending an hour on instagram, unless they follow a lot of people with stories and always keep up with them.
- matte_black 8y ago
  If you go “explore” for photos you can be fed a constant stream of content that is hard to pull away from. It’s kinda like watching TV.
- ggregoire 8y ago
  They follow a ton of people and also spend a good amount of time posting their own photos/moments.
petecooper 8y ago
>I have some adult friends spending 1 or 2 hours a day on Instagram. I have some adult friends regularly spending upwards of that. Boggles my mind.
lowq 8y ago
Millennial here, deleted my account a few days ago. Unlike most platforms, Instagram cuts strait to the most depressing part: pictures. I've had enough with social media, and I envy those who never created a Facebook.
- matte_black 8y ago
  If pictures are depressing you you might be following the wrong people.
  - tspike 8y ago
    To me, what's depressing is the amount of energy people spend proving their experiences were so amazing versus actually experiencing them.
    - johnchristopher 8y ago
      It has always been like that. The amount of energy, of pretending, we put into recreating past experiences through retelling, photo, movie, conversation... it almost always trumps the experience itself. Facts don't matter. Only opinions, how we choose to see them and agree on its meaning as a group matters.
    - imsofuture 8y ago
      This is a pretty narrow Instagram experience. I follow my actual friends who post random things from their life, and then people from a few different hobbies. Except for watch people, none of it is carefully curated 'look at me' experiences. Watch people are another stripe though.... $20k on the wrist, $200k steering wheel.
      - xkjkls 8y ago
        I mean the only other point of buying a Patek other than showing it off is to keep it as something to give away to your unappreciative son
draw_down 8y ago
Millenials are 30 or pushing 30 now, aka adults

yathern 8y ago

I wouldn't make the assumption that millenials spend significantly more than that on the app. It's certainly possible, I guess. But as I commute to work and back (hour by bus or train) - it's often 35+ aged people who have their eyes glued to instagram/facebook the entire length of the trip. EDIT: Data shows that you're probably right, and millenials spend more [time]( https://www.statista.com/statistics/267138/social-media-usage-per-day-global-social-video-users-age/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/267138/social-media-usag...). A lot around 3 hours even.

ggregoire 8y ago
The other day in a plane, all the people next to me and in front of me were on FB/Insta before the flight. After landing, everybody turned off the flight mode and got back on FB/Insta!? The flight was 1-hour long.
- lawlessone 8y ago
  I would criticise.. but i probably spend as much time arguing on twitter with complete strangers.
  - toasterlovin 8y ago
    But if you do it right, arguing with strangers on the internet helps you think better.

nashashmi 8y ago

umm. millenials are adults too now. O/T, but the millennials are born between 1980 to 1990/1992. The generation after are post-millenials, for lack of a better word.

electricslpnsld 8y ago

> I have some adult friends spending 1 or 2 hours a day on Instagram. I can’t even imagine how much time millenials spend on it. Millenials are now all adults. :) A good chunk of the millennial generation is now in the child-having and house-buying (well, maybe not the later, too many avocados) stage of life!

pvg 8y ago
An improved, AI-powered browser extension that correctly does the Snake People transform would be a sweet Show HN. "A good chunk of the snake people generation are in the egg-laying and burrow-buying (well, maybe not the latter, too many baby mice) stage of life!"
- elliotec 8y ago
  What?
  - pvg 8y ago
    https://www.google.com/search?q=a+snake+person+googled+what https://www.google.com/search?q=a+snake+person+googled+what
airstrike 8y ago
> house-buying (well, maybe not the later, too many avocados) Fantastic...

etblg 8y ago

Do you know what a breakdown of that time would be like? I can't imagine spending an hour on instagram, unless they follow a lot of people with stories and always keep up with them.

matte_black 8y ago
If you go “explore” for photos you can be fed a constant stream of content that is hard to pull away from. It’s kinda like watching TV.
ggregoire 8y ago
They follow a ton of people and also spend a good amount of time posting their own photos/moments.

petecooper 8y ago

>I have some adult friends spending 1 or 2 hours a day on Instagram. I have some adult friends regularly spending upwards of that. Boggles my mind.

lowq 8y ago

Millennial here, deleted my account a few days ago. Unlike most platforms, Instagram cuts strait to the most depressing part: pictures. I've had enough with social media, and I envy those who never created a Facebook.

matte_black 8y ago
If pictures are depressing you you might be following the wrong people.
- tspike 8y ago
  To me, what's depressing is the amount of energy people spend proving their experiences were so amazing versus actually experiencing them.
  - johnchristopher 8y ago
    It has always been like that. The amount of energy, of pretending, we put into recreating past experiences through retelling, photo, movie, conversation... it almost always trumps the experience itself. Facts don't matter. Only opinions, how we choose to see them and agree on its meaning as a group matters.
  - imsofuture 8y ago
    This is a pretty narrow Instagram experience. I follow my actual friends who post random things from their life, and then people from a few different hobbies. Except for watch people, none of it is carefully curated 'look at me' experiences. Watch people are another stripe though.... $20k on the wrist, $200k steering wheel.
    - xkjkls 8y ago
      I mean the only other point of buying a Patek other than showing it off is to keep it as something to give away to your unappreciative son

draw_down 8y ago

Millenials are 30 or pushing 30 now, aka adults