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  "id": "americans-check-phones-186-times-a-day-2026",
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  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/americans-check-phones-186-times-a-day-2026/",
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  "claim": "Americans check their phones 186 times a day",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"People check their phones nearly 200 times a day\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Reviews.org",
    "title": "Americans check their phones 186 times a day (Jan. 1, 2026)",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "Americans check their phones 186 times a day ... Reviews.org surveyed approximately 1,000 US adults ages 18 and older through an online Pollfish survey conducted in Q4 2025.",
  "method": "Online Pollfish survey of ~1,000 US adults, Q4 2025, weighted; self-reported. Nearly 46% consider themselves 'addicted'.",
  "drift": [
    "Self-reported estimate, not device-measured",
    "Other studies (Asurion 2019: 96; Asurion 2022: 352) differ widely"
  ],
  "interest": "Reviews.org earns affiliate fees on phone plans.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "A Reviews.org survey of ~1,000 US adults in late 2025 found people estimate checking their phones about 186 times a day; it is self-reported and other studies differ widely.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Reviews.org — Cell phone usage stats 2026",
      "url": "https://www.reviews.org/mobile/cell-phone-addiction/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "Survey Q4 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}