A new study shows that we spend, on average, more than a quarter of each year on the Internet

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There is no doubt that, nowadays, we spend too much time in front of screens, and especially on the Internet, and it is undeniable that thanks to all mobile and portable devices we can be connected from anywhere, at any time and for multiple purposes.

In this way, someone can use the same product (for example, a Mac), to have fun, inform themselves and even work depending on the moment, which is why A new study has revealed to us this month that we are using the Internet more and more in practically the whole world, and that there are those who are going to spend more than a quarter of each year on social networks and, in general, on the Internet.

We are using the Internet more and more, although perhaps too much according to this latest report ...

Apparently, as we have been made known since TNW, The latest report on the use of the Internet worldwide, prepared by Hootsuite y We are social, through which we have been able to know how much we use the network in most countries, as well as a global average of the most interesting.

In this way, within the countries taken into account, the one where the Internet is most used is the Philippines, with an average of 10:02 hours of daily use, and on the other hand we have Japan, which has been the one where the Internet is used the least according to the study, although there are also an average of 03:45 hours of use each day.

Meanwhile, in countries like Spain we are still below the average, since we use the Internet about 05:18 hours a day on the general average, while in this case the global average of network use is 06:42 hours a day, as detailed:

The latest 2019 digital usage report shows that we spend an average of 6 hours and 42 minutes online each day. Half of that amount is produced from mobile devices.

That figure seems quite exaggerated, but it is even more astronomical when spread over a whole year. This equates to more than 100 days of online time each year for each Internet user, which is more than 27 percent of each year.

As you may have seen, the use of the Internet is relatively high throughout the world, since we have reached the point that it is becoming an addiction, something that is difficult to control. In the last place, We leave you below the graph in question thanks to which you will be able to appreciate how high the use of the Internet is country by country, based on this month of January:

Internet Usage Report - January 2019


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