How People Spend Their Day

Flowing Data has an excellent set of interactive graphs showing how Americans spend their day. It’s an interesting look into modern American culture.

Main takeaway: we spend most of our time sleeping, eating, working, and watching television.

— Yau, 2011: How do Americans spend their days?

I particularly like comparing the 15-19 adolescents to adults (more time in education and less time watching television; there’s also a different sleeping pattern).

Interactive graphs of "How Americans Spend Their Day" from Flowing Data.

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