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"According to a Nielsen report, United States adults are watching five hours and four minutes of television per day on average (35.5 h/week, slightly more than

"According to a Nielsen report, United States adults are watching five hours and four minutes of television per day on average (35.5 h/week, slightly more than 77 days per year)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_consumption Nielsen may be biased though.

jumbopapa 7y ago
That seems insane... I get off work around 4:30pm and get home from the gym around 6pm. I make dinner and it's basically 7pm and then I have leisure time to read a book, work a personal project, or watch TV. I aim to go to bed 10pm. I never spend 3 hours watching TV and I'm not sure how some of these people are doing more than that! The weekends could skew the numbers, but even then I don't watch it that much.
- pjc50 7y ago
  Retired people, children, and the unemployed.
- matwood 7y ago
  > get home from the gym around 6pm. I make dinner These are 2 things that apparently large parts of the population do not do. Instead they grab fast food on the way home and watch TV until bed. At least that's the responses I get anytime I say people should work out every day, and eat healthier by spending a few minutes cooking.
- kaolti 7y ago
  We gotta realize HN isn't exactly representative of the population.
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raxxorrax 7y ago
woah, that would be an extremely high number. That is almost as much as I spend on my internet addiction.
RHSeeger 7y ago
That seems... REALLY high; nobody I know has that kind of time. Does the older, retired crowd really spend so much time in front of the tv to bring the average up so much, or is there something else? Maybe house-spouses (is that the PC term for man and woman inclusive house-wife?) that leave the tv on all day (but aren't necessarily watching it)?
- ryanmercer 7y ago
  >That seems... REALLY high; nobody I know has that kind of time Netflix drops a series of something and you have millions binging it all in a sitting the first few days. Take Stranger Things, Netflix revealed that 40.7 million accounts watched at least part of the series in the first 4 days. It's not uncommon for me to see in my Facebook feed, almost daily, people saying "I completed SERIES what do I watch next?". The number doesn't surprise me at all, especially given there are people that are streaming stuff like Netflix most/all day at work on their phones with them propped up, then going home to watch something with their partner or binging an entire season on a Saturday.
  - blaser-waffle 7y ago
    Totally believe the numbers (30 hours a week) quoted in parent posts. The CEO of Netflix said something to the effect of "our biggest competition is sleep -- and we're winning."
- mbesto 7y ago
  > Does the older, retired crowd really spend so much time in front of the tv to bring the average up so much, or is there something else? You have no idea. Politics aside, there is a reason Fox News is above and beyond the most watched cable network (4th behind NBC/CBS/ABC/Fox which are all free).
- dcchambers 7y ago
  I know many people that have the TV on 24/7 "in the background" when they are home, even if they are doing something else. Rewatching the Office for the 100th time or something similar. I am not surprised by that number at all.
nradov 7y ago
In many homes the TV is on by default as background noise but people aren't really watching, or at least not giving it full attention.

jumbopapa 7y ago

That seems insane... I get off work around 4:30pm and get home from the gym around 6pm. I make dinner and it's basically 7pm and then I have leisure time to read a book, work a personal project, or watch TV. I aim to go to bed 10pm. I never spend 3 hours watching TV and I'm not sure how some of these people are doing more than that! The weekends could skew the numbers, but even then I don't watch it that much.

pjc50 7y ago
Retired people, children, and the unemployed.
matwood 7y ago
> get home from the gym around 6pm. I make dinner These are 2 things that apparently large parts of the population do not do. Instead they grab fast food on the way home and watch TV until bed. At least that's the responses I get anytime I say people should work out every day, and eat healthier by spending a few minutes cooking.
kaolti 7y ago
We gotta realize HN isn't exactly representative of the population.
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raxxorrax 7y ago

woah, that would be an extremely high number. That is almost as much as I spend on my internet addiction.

RHSeeger 7y ago

That seems... REALLY high; nobody I know has that kind of time. Does the older, retired crowd really spend so much time in front of the tv to bring the average up so much, or is there something else? Maybe house-spouses (is that the PC term for man and woman inclusive house-wife?) that leave the tv on all day (but aren't necessarily watching it)?

ryanmercer 7y ago
>That seems... REALLY high; nobody I know has that kind of time Netflix drops a series of something and you have millions binging it all in a sitting the first few days. Take Stranger Things, Netflix revealed that 40.7 million accounts watched at least part of the series in the first 4 days. It's not uncommon for me to see in my Facebook feed, almost daily, people saying "I completed SERIES what do I watch next?". The number doesn't surprise me at all, especially given there are people that are streaming stuff like Netflix most/all day at work on their phones with them propped up, then going home to watch something with their partner or binging an entire season on a Saturday.
- blaser-waffle 7y ago
  Totally believe the numbers (30 hours a week) quoted in parent posts. The CEO of Netflix said something to the effect of "our biggest competition is sleep -- and we're winning."
mbesto 7y ago
> Does the older, retired crowd really spend so much time in front of the tv to bring the average up so much, or is there something else? You have no idea. Politics aside, there is a reason Fox News is above and beyond the most watched cable network (4th behind NBC/CBS/ABC/Fox which are all free).
dcchambers 7y ago
I know many people that have the TV on 24/7 "in the background" when they are home, even if they are doing something else. Rewatching the Office for the 100th time or something similar. I am not surprised by that number at all.

nradov 7y ago

In many homes the TV is on by default as background noise but people aren't really watching, or at least not giving it full attention.