Americans check their phones 96 times a day
Outdated Confidence: high
Source found and quoted correctly, but old enough that the market has changed.
- Commonly cited as
- "Americans check their phones 96 times a day" (as current)
- True origin
- Asurion — Americans Check Their Phones 96 Times a Day (press release)
- Type
- Stat check: A widely repeated statistic traced back to its origin.
- Year
- 2019
- Data as of
- 2019
- Last checked
- What the source says
Asurion-sponsored survey by Market Research Firm Solidea Solutions conducted August 18-20, 2019 of 1,998 U.S. smartphone users
- Method & sample
- Self-reported online survey of 1,998 US smartphone users, Aug 2019, sponsored by a phone-insurance company.
- Drift between quote and source
- 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 we opened
- Asurion press release (2019) (primary)
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