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“Kids these days are always looking at their screens.”
It’s a common refrain from adults, but data shows kids aren’t the only ones racking up hours staring at screens.
According to a 2019 Pew Survey, 28 percent of American adults said they were “almost constantly” online, up from 21 percent in 2015.
About half of young adults ages 18 to 29 said they go online “almost constantly.” This is 9 percentage points higher than it was in 2018.
While we know too much screen time can harm a child’s brain, there’s not a ton of data on what it does or doesn’t do to adults. Still, there are some studies on the short-term effects of screens on adults.
