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Time spent with various media among U.S. tweens and teens 2015

Daily time 8- to 18-year-olds spent with media in the United States in 2015, by medium and age (in minutes)
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The data describes data on the average daily time 8 to 18 year olds spent with media in the U.S. as of March 2015, by medium and age group. Common Sense Media found that tweens (aged 8 to 12) spent 29 minutes daily on reading.

Watching TV/DVDs/videos 146 158
Playing video, computer or mobile games 79 81
Listening to music 51 114
Reading 29 28
Using social media 16 71
Doing other activities on computer/mobile device 13 32
Browsing websites 12 36
Video-chatting 6 13
Going to the movies 2 3