Axios - As more schools eye bans on smartphones, a new study finds the average teen with a smartphone is spending nearly a quarter of the school day texting, streaming or scrolling through sites like Instagram... The study led by Seattle Children's Research Institute tracked 117 kids ages 13 to 18 who owned a smartphone and had them download an app to measure their usage.
- The teens spent an average of 1.5 hours on their smartphones during a 6.5-hour school day over two study periods in 2023, the researchers wrote in JAMA Pediatrics. 1 in 4 teens spent more than two hours on their phone during the school day. The top five most-used apps were messaging, Instagram, video streaming, audio and email.
Since the study only focused on smartphone use, researchers said, these numbers likely underestimated overall screen use. More
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