Among all the countries in the World, with over 6.6 billion smartphone users, the Philippines ranks first in the longest amount of time spent on the internet and in social media.
Using an interactive calculator, the average amount of time one person spent on devices and apps can be discovered and calculated.
According to the research, this is the time record spent online of an average person in the Philippines.
- Philippines
- Population using the internet: 67%
- Time spent using the internet per day: 10 hours and 56 mins
- Total time spent on social media per day: 4 hours and 15 mins
This numbers equates to an average person spending 166 days a year day browsing the internet and 65 days a year of scrolling on social media.
Apps that are mostly responsible for these records are sports games, casual gaming, Tiktok and the one we spend the most time on, Youtube.
Here is the complete list of countries spending the most time online and their records.
Coming in 2nd and 3rd after the Philippines are South American countries with just minutes away from the Philippines records.
2. Brazil
- Population using the internet: 75%
- Time spent using the internet per day: 10 hours and 8 mins
- Total time spent on social media per day: 3 hours and 42 mins
3. Colombia
- Population using the internet: 68%
- Time spent using the internet per day: 10 hours and 7 mins
- Total time spent on social media per day: 3 hours and 45 mins
South Africa who ranks 4th is the only country on the list from the continent of Africa.
4. South Africa
- Population using the internet: 64%
- Time spent using the internet per day: 10 hours and 6 mins
- Total time spent on social media per day: 3 hours and 32 mins
Argentina in the 5th place is the 3rd and last South American country entry on this list.
5. Argentina
- Population using the internet: 80%
- Time spent using the internet per day: 9 hours and 39 mins
- Total time spent on social media per day: 3 hours and 22 mins
Malaysia who ranks 6th is the 2nd Asian country on the list after the Philippines.
6. Malaysia
- Population using the internet: 40%
- Time spent using the internet per day: 9 hours and 17 mins
- Total time spent on social media per day: 3 hours and 1 min
Mexico is the only North American country who have made the list which is a surprise as the United States and Canada isn’t here.
7. Mexico
- Population using the internet: 71%
- Time spent using the internet per day: 9 hours and 1 min
- Total time spent on social media per day: 3 hours and 27 mins
The last 3 spots are for the other Asian countries which makes Asia the continent with the most entries on the list with 5 countries.
8. Indonesia
- Population using the internet: 73.7%
- Time spent using the internet per day: 8 hours and 52 mins
- Total time spent on social media per day: 3 hours and 14 mins
9. Thailand
- Population using the internet: 69.5%
- Time spent using the internet per day: 8 hours and 44 mins
- Total time spent on social media per day: 2 hours and 48 mins
10. Taiwan
- Population using the internet: 90%
- Time spent using the internet per day: 8 hours and 8 mins
- Total time spent on social media per day: 1 hour and 56 mins
This information is quite alarming because it says a lot about the social situation here in our country.
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