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  "claim": "Americans check their phones 96 times a day",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Americans check their phones 96 times a day\" (as current)",
  "verdict": "outdated",
  "verdict_definition": "Source found and quoted correctly, but old enough that the market has changed.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 3,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
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  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Asurion",
    "title": "Americans Check Their Phones 96 Times a Day (press release)",
    "year": "2019"
  },
  "quote": "Asurion-sponsored survey by Market Research Firm Solidea Solutions conducted August 18-20, 2019 of 1,998 U.S. smartphone users",
  "method": "Self-reported online survey of 1,998 US smartphone users, Aug 2019, sponsored by a phone-insurance company.",
  "drift": [
    "Measurement: self-report quoted as measured behavior",
    "Date: 7 years old"
  ],
  "interest": "Asurion sells phone insurance and tech support.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "In a 2019 Asurion-sponsored survey, US smartphone users reported checking their phones about 96 times a day.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Asurion press release (2019)",
      "url": "https://www.asurion.com/press-releases/americans-check-their-phones-96-times-a-day/",
      "primary": true
    }
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  "kind": "stat_check",
  "as_of": "2019",
  "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/"
}